Siberian cave filled with mammoth, rhino and bear bones is an ancient hyena lair
The cave has been untouched for around 42,000 years. It also contained the bones and teeth of hyena pups, suggesting they raised their young there.
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Researchers identify oldest bone spear point In the Americas
A team of researchers led by a Texas A&M University professor has determined that the Manis bone projectile point is the oldest bone weapon ever discovered in the Americas, dating…
Extinct human relative buried their dead 100,000 years before modern humans did, study claims
Homo naledi, an extinct human relative with one-third the brain size of ours, buried and may have memorialized their dead, controversial research suggests.
Seahenge: 4,000-year-old monument discovered in Norfolk
Preserved in the sand were the remains of a unique timber circle dating back over 4000 years, to the Early Bronze Age.
Evelyn McHale: The world’s ‘most beautiful suicide’ and the ghost of the Empire State Building
Evelyn Francis McHale, a beautiful young American bookkeeper who was born on September 20, 1923, in Berkeley, California and committed suicide on May 1, 1947, making a vivid history. She…
The lost treasure of the Copper Scroll of Qumran
While most of the Dead Sea Scrolls were found by Bedouins, the Copper Scroll was discovered by an archaeologist. The scroll, on two rolls of copper, was found on March 14, 1952 at the back of Cave 3 at Qumran. It was the last of 15 scrolls discovered in the cave, and is thus referred to as 3Q15.
3,000-year-old untouched burial of ‘charioteer’ discovered in Siberia
The discovery implies horse-drawn chariots were once used in the region, but none have been found.
Summoning evil: The enigmatic world of the Book of Soyga!
The Book of Soyga is a 16th century manuscript on demonology that was written in Latin. But the reason it's so mysterious is that we have no idea who actually wrote the book.
New huge Viking ship discovered by radar in Øyesletta, Norway – what is hidden beneath the ground?
Recent research using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) in western Norway uncovered a Viking-era ship that had been buried beneath the ground in Øyesletta, in Kvinesdal. Along with many weapons, loot, and…
Cryptic lost Canaanite language decoded on ‘Rosetta Stone’-like tablets
Two ancient clay tablets from Iraq contain details of a "lost" Canaanite language.
