2,000 Pre-Hispanic Ruins Found Along Maya Train Route in Mexico Archaeologists in Mexico have provided a study from specialists that cites more than 2,000 pre-Hispanic ruins or clusters of artifacts along the planned path of the president’s controversial “Maya Train” project on…
First Female Viking Grave Discovered In Swedish Mountains Archaeologists in Sweden have every reason to be excited after learning a mountain climber came across an extraordinary 1,200-year-old brooch. Based on recent reports, everything indicates the first female Viking grave was…
How Was Tuberculosis Transmitted in South America? Nearly one-quarter of the world’s population is suspected to have been exposed to the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, a disease that accounts for the highest global mortality from a bacterial infection. TB’s global…
The Royal Burials of 65 Celtic Kings Identified in England and Wales Roughly 60 newly discovered royal graves in the north and west were of British or Irish Celtic origin, according to a new study. Several English kings in the…
Ancient Skeletons Unveil History of Worm Parasites in Britain Britons have suffered from worms since the Bronze Age, new research shows, with parasite infections peaking during the Roman and Late Medieval periods. Things began to get better during the Industrial…
This 400-year-old Cat Flap in Exeter Cathedral Door is Thought to Be The World’s Oldest A hole in a door at a cathedral is thought to be the world’s oldest cat flap. The door at Exeter Cathedral dates back more…
Early human ancestors one million years older than earlier thought The question of where Human Ancestors came from has fascinated the scientific community for centuries. Fortunately, there have been some incredible discoveries of different skeletons, each of which gives researchers…
Fossil hunters unearth massive mega-wombat graveyard Australian scientists unveiled the biggest-ever graveyard of an ancient rhino-sized mega-wombat called diprotodon, with the site potentially holding valuable clues on the species extinction. The remote fossil deposit in outback Queensland state is thought to…
This Wooden Phallus Might Be a Rare 2,000-Year-Old Dildo Archaeologists have uncovered what could be a rare example of an ancient sex toy carved from wood, found in a Roman fort known for a plethora of phallic motifs. The ruins…
72-million-year-old perfectly preserved Dinosaur embryo discovered inside a fossilized egg in China. A dinosaur embryo perfectly curled up in its fossilized egg was analyzed by a team of researchers in southeastern China. The rundown: The fossil, estimated to be between 72 and 66 million years old,…
