These out-of-place artifacts, or OOPArts, are surprising for their place and time — but there's an explanation behind each ...
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How we unlocked the secrets of Denmark's oldest plank boat—with the help of an ancient fingerprint
About 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of boats approached the island of Als off the ...
Scientists have uncovered a massive, hidden rock layer beneath Bermuda, over 12 miles thick, defying typical oceanic island ...
Once lost, these seven cities were found after years of mystery. Their rediscovery tells us more about our past and the civilisations that thrived centuries ago.
Researchers analyzing ancient fossils from caves across Western Australia have uncovered a completely new species of bettong ...
We know about fossils and rocks, ice cores and seabeds... but it turns out the Earth has been storing data - on climate, ...
New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...
What did a vulture-bone flute sound like inside a cave? How about singing inside a tomb? Researchers are bringing ancient ...
After more than a century of speculation, researchers have traced the likely origins of the legendary Hjortspring boat through chemical analysis of its construction materials and the discovery of an ...
Meet Salwasiren qatarensis, a small, ancient sea cow species whose fossils were found in Qatar, in one of the world’s biggest ...
Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...
The Hjortspring boat carried warriors on an attempted attack of a Danish island over 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists have new ...
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