Evidence Unveiled: 3,800-Year-Old Megaquake Triggered 66-Foot Tsunamis in Chile Archaeologists have found evidence of the largest known earthquake in human history — a terrifying magnitude-9.5 megaquake that caused a 5,000-mile-long (8,000 kilometres) tsunami and prompted human populations to abandon nearby…
Stonehenge’s Prehistoric Landscape: Deer, Elk, and Open Woodland, New Study Reveals New research suggests that red deer, elk, and wild boar would have roamed the open woodland and meadow-like clearings near Stonehenge 4,000 years before the iconic standing stones were…
Defiant Graffiti Found in Cuban Missile Crisis Bunker: A Cold War Discovery Sixty years ago during the Cuban Missile Crisis, a defiant individual — likely a Cuban soldier — wrote a message in a system of bunkers and trenches on…
Largest Dinosaur Fossil in Europe Discovered in Portugal – 150 Million-Year-Old Sauropod Unearthed Palaeontologists in Portugal have unearthed the fossilized skeleton of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe. The remains are thought to be those of…
2,600-Year-Old Brain Discovered in England: The Iron Age Mystery of Perfect Preservation In England, a 2,600-year-old human skull was discovered, which was less surprising than what it was: the brain. The discovery of the yellowish, crinkly, shrunk brain led to…
Rare Viking-Era Arrowhead Found in Melting Norwegian Ice Reveals Secrets of Ancient Warfare and Hunting “Oh, look at this little beauty”, the team of archaeologists enthusiastically exclaims in their Facebook update, which includes a video of the three-bladed arrowhead. “The last…
7,000-Year-Old Spanish Stonehenge: Dolmen of Guadalperal Re-emerges Amidst Spain’s Drought This summer’s hot weather has been extremely troublesome in many European countries. Spain suffered the worst drought in decades. An unexpected side-effect of the warm weather has been discovering unknown…
1,000-Year-Old Viking Treasure Hoard Connected to King Harald Bluetooth Unearthed in Denmark What makes this find particularly rare is its connection to Viking King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, one of the last Viking rulers of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and parts of…
Massive Hoard of 4,000 Ancient Roman Coins Discovered by Swiss Farmer An extensive Roman coin collection has been found in a Swiss orchard, one of the most significant archeological discoveries. In Ueken, a tiny village in northwestern Switzerland, a farmer…
Ancient Superhighways: 12,000-Year-Old Massive Underground Tunnels Stretch from Scotland to Turkey Over a million miles of tunnels connect every European country and region, from the Scottish highlands to the Mediterranean coast. It’s awe-inspiring to see this 12,000-year-old underground network. According…
