3+ hour, 54+ min ago   (306+ words) The first images of the sunken vessel were part of a Cold War survey So what do the Titanic and submarines have in common? No, we’re not talking about the Titan submersible—this involves a Cold War mystery involving nuclear…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (168+ words) A father and son from Monongahela, Washington County, were vacationing in New Jersey when they say they discovered a Megalodon tooth while shelling at a beach A family from Monongahela, Washington County, was vacationing in New Jersey when they made…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (22+ words) For decades, archaeologists have debated whether the writing system of Rapa Nui, known as Rongorongo, was invented independently or influenced by Europeans....

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (374+ words) The Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village in Avella, Washington County, takes visitors on a journey back 19,000 years to the earliest known evidence of human activity in North America. The site features a 19th-century rural village with a reassembled covered bridge,…...

4+ mon, 9+ hour ago   (537+ words) Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery. While other mummies in the area have been found with sealed packages containing…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (999+ words) Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been linked to a little-known species that was a contemporary…...

10+ mon, 1+ day ago   (858+ words) After two decades of anticipation and countless delays, the Grand Egyptian Museum is finally having its grand reveal. The museum, which is set to officially open Saturday, highlights Egypt's ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to…...