Category: Discovery

A man holds a silver jar before his face

A Man Went Out With His Friends and Made a 1,000-Year-Old Discovery

Fossil of a dodo bird

Discovery of Unknown Fossil in Museum is Changing the History Books

Image of a Neanderthal woman and a Neanderthal skull

First Known Family of Neanderthals Discovered, Providing Groundbreaking Genetic Insights

gold coins laying flat on the ground

A Couple Found Rare Coins Worth $850,000 Underneath Their Floorboards

Mayan skull sitting in sand.

Blue Fibers Found in the Teeth of Maya Sacrifices May Offer Clues About Their Deaths

Farmer crouching on a detailed mosaic with birds, looking up at the camera.

A Farmer Unexpectedly Discovered a Byzantine-Era Mosaic While Tending Olive Trees

Archeologists excavate a Byzantine-era shipwreck in Israel

This 1,200-Year-Old Shipwreck is Re-Writing History Books

A view of the sugmerged Aceredo town

The Most Unexpected Things That Have Been Revealed in the Extreme Heat

Female vampire standing up in a coffin bearing her teeth at the camera.

Female ‘Vampire’ Discovered Pinned to the Ground With Sickle in Polish Graveyard

Headshots of The Lady of Dai

This 2,200 Year Old Mummy is So Well Preserved There’s Still Blood in Its Veins

Movie still from The Goonies

Is the ‘Goonies’ Legend True? Possible ‘Beeswax Wreck’ Found Off Oregon Coast

Black and white photo of Howard Carter leaning over King Tuts sarcophagus inspecting it.

The Archaeologist Who Discovered King Tut’s Tomb May Have Stolen His Treasure After All