Scientists Reawaken Cells From a 28,000-Year-Old Mammoth Her name is Yuka: an ancient woolly mammoth that last lived some 28,000 years ago, before becoming mummified in the frozen permafrost wastelands of northern Siberia. But now that icy tomb is no longer the…
Fossilized Insect Discovered Not in Amber, But in Opal The markets of Southeast Asia are common places to find the fossils of insects, embedded in amber millions of years old. But last year, gemologist Brian Berger found something much more…
Egyptian Archaeologists Discovered The Tomb Of A Priest Dating Back More Than 4,400 Years In Saqqara Egyptian archaeologists discovered the tomb of a priest dating back more than 4,400 years in the pyramid complex of Saqqara south of the capital…
17th-Century Warship Wrested From Icy Baltic Sea, Near-Perfect Condition During the 1620s, Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus ordered the construction of a new warship to serve his people’s defense. The warship picked the name Vasa and its construction was hurried as…
A Greek Farmer Stumbled on a 3,400-Year-Old Tomb in His Olive Grove While Parking His Car When you live in an area that’s been home to ancient civilizations, sometimes you stumble on remarkable pieces of long-forgotten history. That’s what happened…
Timeless Beauty: Journey into the Past with a 30 Million-Year-Old Praying Mantis Encased in Pristine Amber Embedded within a clear piece of amber, a small praying mantis sits at attention, frozen forever in time. The piece, which measures just slightly…
A 1,800-Year-Old Roman Signet Ring Engraved With The Goddess Of Victory Found In A Field In Somerset An amateur treasure hunter used a metal detector to unearth a 1,800-year-old gold Roman signet ring in Somerset. Pest control officer Jason Massey,…
A German Farmer Was Just Awarded Almost $1 Million for an Ancient Roman Bronze Found on His Property Nine years ago, in the fields of Lahnau, Germany, archaeologists made an extraordinary discovery – a Roman bronze sculpture hidden beneath the…
Medieval Discovery: Chainmail-Clad Victim Unearthed from the Battle of Visby in Sweden The Battle of Visby, located near Visby in Sweden’s Gotland, was a fierce Medieval conflict between the people of Gotland and the Danes, resulting in the latter’s victory.…
Hundreds of Well Preserved Prehistoric Animals have been found in an Ancient Volcanic Ashbed in Nebraska The watering holes attracted prehistoric animals among Nebraska’s tall grasslands. From horses to camels and rhinoceroses, with wild dogs looming nearby, animals roamed the…