Archaeologists Found 123 Ancient Bodies in a Garden. Now, They Must Solve the Dark Mystery.
The larger effort to map the history of the Leicester Cathedral burial grounds displays burials from a stretch of 850 years, ...
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Rare 1,600-Year-Old Pendant Discovered in Turkey Depicts King Solomon Defeating the Devil
The fifth-century artifact was found in the ruins of a structure that may have been connected to the military. Historians ...
Ancient chief buried ‘enough weapons for a small army.’ Archaeologists just found them
One of the rarest finds at Løsning was the 1,500-year-old chainmail shirt. “Only a very small number of chainmail shirts from ...
Ancient Troy Now Easier Than Ever To Reach And Explore
Several decades ago, a national park was declared for some fifty square miles surrounding Troy and UNESCO declared it a World ...
Ancient Egyptians drank a heady mix of alcohol, bodily fluids and hallucinogens during rituals, scientists say
Scientists discovered a mix of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids, flavoring agents and alcohol after they scraped the inside ...
9 scientific breakthroughs that resulted from Napoleon's invasion of Egypt
Over 150 scientists went with Napoleon Bonaparte when he invaded Egypt. They mapped pyramids, dissected mummies, and did more ...
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2000-year-old fig discovered by Irish archaeologists in Dublin
Archaeologists in Dublin have unearthed the charred fragments of a 2000-year-old fig, the earliest evidence of exotic fruits ...
2,000-Year-Old Psychedelic Potion Found in Ancient Egyptian Mug
Hallucinogens were found in an ancient Egyptian mug, confirming their use in fertility rituals linked to the god Bes. A professor from the University of South Florida has discovered the first physical ...
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A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Road, Trod by Emperors, Is Found Beneath London
An ancient Roman road has been unearthed directly beneath modern-day London's Old Kent Road. It would have been used by ...
Oldest ever ‘Jesus is God’ inscription found in Israeli prison, deemed greatest find
The Meggido Mosaic holds the earliest inscription ever found that the first Christians believed Jesus to be God.
1,500-year-old amulet depicting Biblical figure found in Turkey. Read its inscription
A rare, ancient amulet with biblical ties was recently unearthed in Turkey. The metal artifact — which is about the size of a ...
Ancient Clay Cylinders Reveal What May Be World's Oldest Alphabetic Writing
The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.