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Scientists May Have Found Evidence of the World’s First-Ever Brand.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (535+ words) It had knock-offs and everything. Forget Roman sword makers stamping their mark on steel 2,000 years ago. Researchers now believe brand-making may have started in the Bronze Age more than 3,200 years ago, at the Oasis of Qurayyah in Northwestern Arabia. A…...
This 700-Year-Old Skeleton May Be the First Man in History Smashed by a Giant Catapult
3+ week, 2+ day ago (363+ words) In 1304, only one weapon could crush a man from skull to knees in a single, high-velocity blow. Skeleton 150, buried under Scotland’s Stirling Castle in the 1300s, likely would take no solace in finding out that 700 years after his violent death, he’s…...
A Couple Discovered a Dead Man’s Body on a Beach. 80 Years Later, the Mystery Is Almost Over.
3+ week, 3+ day ago (224+ words) In 1948, a body found at Somerton Park near Adelaide sparked one of the strangest cold cases in Australian history. But one piece of evidence transformed this perplexing John Doe—who eventually came to be known simply as the “Somerton Man…...
After 96 Years, Archaeologists Finally Found the Missing Half of a Legendary Statue
3+ week, 2+ day ago (277+ words) Ramesses II is whole again. Many treasures of the region’s illustrious past were known to be buried in the surrounding desert, and while Roeder’s discovery proved remarkable, the rest of the enormous statue he found remained lost to time…for…...
A Construction Crew Was Demolishing a House—And Uncovered a $10 Million Gold Hoard
3+ week, 4+ day ago (572+ words) Forty gold bars and 4,000 coins turned up mid-renovation—and the mystery only deepens from there. The last thing construction workers expected to find while they were renovating a building in Belgium was a “We stumbled across it while carrying out…...
The 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of the Tomb of the Blue Demons Has Stumped Archaeologists. Until Now.
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (104+ words) The painted creature inside an Etruscan tomb convinced mourners they were under its spell. A Bone Led to a Revolutionary War Mass Grave Why Scientists Buried Thousands of Undies in Soil Early Humans’ Brains Linked to Another Dimension Archaeologists Found…...
A Diver Stumbled Upon the Treasure of a Lifetime—and It May Lead to a Hidden Shipwreck
3+ week, 2+ day ago (394+ words) He uncovered 30,000 coins ancient coins in remarkable condition. They had to have come from somewhere. On May 25, 2023, a diver off Sardinia noticed something metallic in the seagrass near Arzachena. The first object led investigators to a much larger cache: tens…...
Archaeologists Found a Fortune in Silver Left Behind by a 15th-Century Plague
1+ week, 5+ day ago (405+ words) The largest hoard of its kind ever found may mark the moment an epidemic swept through town. Someone in medieval Kolomna, Russia, buried over 2,600 silver coins in a small ceramic jug and never came back for them. Archaeologists working in…...
The Mummy’s Curse Is Real... Sort Of.
2+ week, 6+ day ago (365+ words) You probably shouldn’t buy human remains on the black market, but if you do, make sure to use gloves. Billy Jamieson never forgot his first encounter with a shrunken head. “After spending time with Takupi, I came home and I…...
A Geologist Found a “Rock” That Led Him to a Shipwreck Full of Treasure
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (170+ words) The Bom Jesus set sail in March 1533, but it wrecked before it could return with its riches. Those riches took almost 500 years to resurface. “When I started, the artifacts were just sitting there collecting dust. They were deteriorating at a…...