Neanderthals Inherited At Least 6% Of Their Genome From A Now-Extinct Lineage Of Early Modern Humans Modern humans migrated to Eurasia 75,000 years ago, where they encountered and interbred with Neanderthals. A new study published in the journal Current Biology shows that…
Mysterious boat from 1800s uncovered by construction crews during downtown St. Augustine road project Construction workers in northeast Florida have unearthed a piece of 19th-century history buried beneath the oldest city in the United States. Florida Department of Transportation crews were digging…
3D Scans Of Runestones Reveal The Power Of Viking Queen Thyra More than 1,000 years ago, carvers in what is now Denmark set their chisels to rock to etch runestones — monuments to Viking leaders naming their deeds and achievements.…
New Study Reveals Hidden Colors and Intricate Patterns on the Parthenon Marbles Every year, thousands of visitors flock to the British Museum to see the Parthenon Sculptures. Also known as the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon Sculptures are a collection of…
The 1,500-Year-Old Lady’s Sandals with Sweet Message in Greek A pair of nice sandals were discovered during excavation works at the Harbor of Eleutherios (Theodosius), one of the ports of ancient Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, located beneath the…
3500-year-old mysterious hieroglyphs discovered in Yerkapı Tunnel in Hattusa deciphered It is aimed to reach new information about the traditions of the Hittite civilization with 249 new hieroglyphs discovered in the Yerkapı Tunnel in Hattusa the capital of the Hittites.…
2,000-Year-Old Celtic Dice Discovered In Poland A dice, probably dating from the 3rd and early 2nd centuries BC, was discovered at the Celtic settlement of Samborowice in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland. The oldest dice found in Poland! Celts once inhabited…
Archeologists discover 1,700-year-old trident in Assos ancient city in Türkiye An iron trident, believed to be used for fishing, dating to the 3rd or 4th century A.D. has been discovered in the ancient Aegean coastal resort town of Assos in…
Title: 330-year-old coin hoard hidden in Scottish fireplace may have been buried moments before MacDonald clan massacre A hoard of coins linked to a Highland chief – which may have been stashed away as he tried in vain to escape…
Researchers reconstruct lifestyle and face of 7th-century Anglo-Saxon teen A forensic artist has created a facial reconstruction of a 16-year-old girl who was wearing an ornate gold cross and buried in a bed 1,300 years ago. In 2011, archaeologists in…