Scientists reconstruct the Story of Ötzi, the Murdered Iceman In September 1991, German hikers exploring the Tyrolean Alps between Italy and Austria made a shocking discovery: a human corpse. Though officials initially assumed that the man had died recently, archaeologists…
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2,000-Year-Old Realistic Green Mask Found Nestled Inside an Ancient Pyramid Mexico is filled with incredible archeology that gives clues about its rich pre-Columbian history. One of the most impressive structures, the Pyramid of the Sun, is full of new surprises.…
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Scientists Can Trace Blue Eyes to a Single Ancestor from 6,000 to 10,000 Years Ago in The Origin of Blue Eyes People with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor, according to new research. A team of scientists has tracked…
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Million-year-old DNA from mammoth teeth found in Siberia is the oldest genome ever sequenced Scientists have retrieved DNA from mammoths that had lain in the Siberian permafrost for over a million years, in an elephantine leap forward for the study…
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The Discovery of the Ancient ‘City of Giants’ in Ethiopia Could Rewrite Human History In 2017, a group of archaeologists and researchers discovered a long-forgotten city in eastern Ethiopia’s Harlaa region. It’s known as the ancient ‘City of Giants,’ which was…
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10,000-Year-Old Spirit Cave Mummy Revealed as Belonging to an Early Caravan of Immigrants to the Americas The remains were found with moccasins, a rabbit-skin blanket, and many other artifacts. Mummies are deceased humans or animals that have been preserved, which…
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Ancient shipwreck is discovered 1,200 years after sinking in the Holy Land Sunken remains from a Royal Navy warship have been seen for the first time in over a century after divers located the wreck from World War One. Back in April 1917, HMS Jason struck…
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Archaeologists Locate Earliest Known North American Settlement The earliest known North American settlement has been located. Paisley Five Mile Point Caves in southern Oregon near the Fremont-Winema National Forest has officially been added to the list of the most important…
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10-Foot-Tall Stone Jars ‘Made by Giants’ Stored Human Bodies in Ancient Laos More than 100 giant stone jars, thought to have been used in burial rituals thousands of years ago, have been rediscovered at ancient sites in forests, on hillsides…
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Mystery Of The 1,700-Year-Old ‘Salt’ Mummy With Long White Hair It is believed the Saltmen were working in a mine over 1700 years ago when it collapsed on them. In 1993, miners at the Chehrabad Salt Mine in the Zanjan…
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