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.…
Ancient mass sacrifice site reveals hundreds of child and llama skeletons Archaeologists think the ritual, which felled 137 children and 200 llamas, might have been motivated by a recent natural disaster. The Peruvian archaeologist had been midway through a dig…
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…
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…
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…
The Skeleton of Child Was Tortured to Death by Stuffing Brick in His Mouth In a gruesome discovery that has shocked the world, the remains of a young child have been found with a brick forced into their mouth. The…
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…
Well-Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Pre-Viking Sword Unearthed in Denmark is Still Sharp Two locals from Zealand, Denmark’s largest island, decided to walk around the field in the remote west city of Svebolle in the evening. The decision was fortuitous to take their…
Archaeologists Uncover Well-Preserved Teeth of Ancient Vampire Skeleton in Eastern Europe Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery in a remote village in Eastern Europe: the well-preserved teeth of an ancient vampire skeleton. The skeleton was found in a grave near…
46,000-year-old bird found frozen in Siberia sheds light on the end of an ice age The research team said the specimen will help them to understand how the horned lark evolved. They also plan to compare its genomes with all…
