Medieval College Building Found in Oxford, England A “lost” Oxford University college has been unearthed during the construction project for new student flats. The former St Mary’s College was founded in 1435 but had already fallen into disrepair 100 years…
Explorers Unearth Hidden Subterranean World Beneath Antarctica’s Galindez Island The 24th Ukrainian expedition members to Antarctica have managed to trace down a cave that had long been lost. The subterranean formation is three times larger than previously thought and features…
Archaeologists Discover New Mystery Human Species in Israel: Nesher Ramla Homo Type Researchers working in Israel have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human that lived alongside our species more than 100,000 years ago. They believe the remains uncovered…
Terracotta Warriors Discovered in China Near Emperor’s Tomb Archaeologists have uncovered more than 20 new Terracotta Warriors, life-size figures built to protect the first emperor of China in the afterlife. The Terracotta Army is thought to consist of 8,000 sculpted…
Fossil Child Skull from 2.2 Million Years Ago Reveals Key to Human Evolution A fossil more than two million years old could help explain why man became so brainy. The Taung fossil, an early hominid that was discovered in South Africa…
Ice Age Megafauna Remains Discovered in Devon Cave Dating Back 60,000 Years The development of Sherford began in 2015 and appeared rather promising. A new town in Devon, England, it would have 5,500 homes and sit near the bustling port…
The World’s Oldest Intact Shipwreck Discovered at the Bottom of the Black Sea The oldest intact shipwreck ever has been found resting on the bottom of the Black Sea. Protected by the oxygen-free water at the seafloor, the ship has…
Paleontologists Unearth Dozens of Giant Dinosaur Eggs in Fossilized Nest in Spain Archaeologists have extracted 30 titanosaur dinosaur eggs found in a two-ton rock in northern Spain and believe there could be as many as 70 deeper inside the boulder.…
Carved Stone Pillar Found on B.C. Beach Identified as an Indigenous Artifact A carved stone pillar found at low tide on a beach in Victoria last summer is an Indigenous cultural treasure, the Royal B.C. The Museum has confirmed. The…
The Mysterious Lapedo Child: Neanderthal-Human Hybrid Discovery A great mystery was unburied in 1998, in the bed of a rock shelter in the Lapedo Valley which lies 85 miles to the north of Lisbon, Portugal. Buried for millennia, archaeologists discovered…
