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…
207-Year-Old Whaling Ship Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico The wreck of a 19th-century whaling ship has been identified on the sea bottom in the Gulf of Mexico. Its discovery was announced Wednesday (March 23) in a statement released by…
Mummies Uncovered in Portugal, Dating Back 8,000 Years, Could Be Oldest in the World Archaeologists are set to rewrite the history books after they uncovered new evidence that suggests the oldest instances of mummification occurred 8,000 years ago. Researchers have taken…
Ancient Roman Malting Oven Unearthed in England Revealing Beer Production History Archaeologists have identified evidence of 2,000-year-old beer production at a site of a road improvement scheme. The remains of a Roman malting oven and charred spelt grains were found during…
Fossil Discovery: Diurnal Owl Unearthed at Tibetan Plateau Edge An amazingly well-preserved fossil skeleton of an extinct owl that lived more than six million years ago has been unearthed in China. The fossil was discovered nearly 7,000 feet (2,100 meters)…
Cats and Babies: Ancient Mummies Unearthed in Aksaray, Turkey Cat, baby and adult mummies in Aksaray, the gateway to Cappadocia with its historical cultural riches and known as the first settlement of Central Anatolia, have been enchanting visitors at a museum…
1,000-Year-Old Surgical Kit Unearthed in Sican Tomb, Peru The remains of an individual who served as a surgeon during the Middle Sican period (900-1050 AD) were found by experts from the Sican National Museum in the southern necropolis at the Mausoleum Temple…
Excavation of Byzantine Shipwreck in Aegean Reveals 5th-Century Ceramics Excavations of a Byzantine shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Samos have revealed that the ship and its contents likely date to some time between 480 and 520 AD,…
14th-Century Sarcophagus Unearthed at Fire-Damaged Notre Dame Cathedral The discovery was made as maintenance crews were preparing to install scaffolding before restoring the spire of the 800-year-old cathedral, which survived a huge fire in the spring of 2019. French archaeologists…
