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Snow and ice helped researchers find many Viking structures -- but the mystery still deepens.
It's a finding well worth its salt.
The entire front panel was recreated with a 3D computer model, and that's when researchers noticed something.
The consensus is that all Bronze Age societies in Europe were patriarchal -- maybe not this one.
It's a dark episode in human history.
The study helps combat romantic ideas about this ancient population.
This ancient village fought against the sea.
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Sardis found a 1,500 year-old-house in fantastic shape. Not only is the house excellently preserved, but its tiles were decorated with puppy prints and chicken decorations. It’s not as well-known as the likes of Athens or Rome, but in its heyday, the ancient city of Sardis would have rivalled […]
I mean, what else could it be?
A former Soviet bioware lab is investigating ancient permafrost viruses.
The emblematic Norwegian stave churches are being measured using new technology.
The facility was capable of brewing thousands of gallons of beer.
Neanderthals were every bit as smart and creative as humans.
OUCH. That describes life in medieval Cambridge.
As if Stonehenge wasn't impressive enough, it appears to have been carried for almost 200 miles.
It's one of the oldest wind instruments.
They ruled a big part of today's Turkey and defeated the legendary king Midas.
Finding noble clothes at a smelting site isn’t very common.
Before humans minted coins, they used all sorts of odd objects as standardized money.
This mythical-looking dagger may have played a symbolic role in prehistoric Iberian society.
A banana can teach you much about history.
How do you say 'one with everything' in Latin?
This is the first time the full genome of an ancient human has been extracted from a source other than human bones.
It's a story of obesity, hunger, and glaciers.
The 1,900-year-old mummy may have been royalty.
The temple was built to honor deities like Thor and Odin.
The Gravettian art culture famous for stone age Venus statues was more widespread than previously thought.
It was the best of poop, it was the worst of poop.
Heating the stone tools improved blade production, a technique that wasn't seen again for thousands of years.
They call it a "perfect", "totally unprecedented" specimen.
Now that sounds like a celebration one can get behind.
Archaeologists were surprised to see how advanced the steel-making technology was.
A steamy discovery.
Researchers believe a controversial conquistador visited the Wichita site.
In one case, a man was buried alongside a thigh bone that was carved into a flute.
The mysterious rectangular stone structures may have served a ritualistic purpose.
If there's one thing humans have always liked, it's comfort.
The Neolithic people in the Arabian peninsula independently arrived at the same technology.
The very old toilet was found right under the place where the new toilet was built.
Two controversial studies challenge the established narrative of the earliest human dispersal into the Americas.
It's only the second hand axe made out of bone that scientists have ever come across.
At the end of the last Ice Age, the Australian coastline was 160 kilometers farther offshore than it is today.
These structures are thousands of years old and the reasons why they were built are still poorly understood.
This could have be a precursor of a popular Ancient game.
If you travelled to the Tuva mountains in Southern Russia, some 1,300 m (4,300 ft) above sea level, you might find a rather inconspicuous lake called Tere-Khol, hidden among the rolling hills. The lake itself would not be very interesting were it not for an island in its midst. In truth, the island itself is […]
The tiny bone sculpture is the earliest 3D work of art in East Asia.
When corn first entered people's lives, it was likely in the form of an alcoholic liquor.
There's more than one hot item in the state of Tabasco.
Armchair archaeologists are finding new (old) things using data that's freely accessible, and you could do it to.
The enormous ship marks the burial site of a king or queen.
