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Navy Researchers Scanned the Seafloor and Tracked a Ping. Then They Found a Staggering 500-Year-Old Shipwreck.
21+ hour, 27+ min ago (336+ words) The French military accidentally discovered what has become the deepest shipwreck found in French waters. After an initial sonar reading, remotely operated vehicles inspected the shipwreck, dated to the 16th century. Experts plan to further investigate the site, including the cargo…...
Archaeologists Discovered the Remains of One of the Largest Christian Monasteries Ever
21+ hour, 32+ min ago (671+ words) Generations of monks once lived in this monastic complex, and by the fifth century, it was also a hub of Coptic art and culture. Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Egypt began to transition to Christianity shortly…...
Native Americans had dice and games of probability long before other cultures, study finds
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (817+ words) In dusty excavation reports and antiquarian volumes, a lawyer-turned-archaeologist has uncovered evidence that upends the known history of human gambling. The study says such activities, based on the concepts of chance, randomness and probability, were first developed in the present-day…...
He Was Just Renovating a Basement. He Tugged a Rope in the Floor—and Discovered a $2.4 Million Gold Treasure.
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (480+ words) A contractor saw a unique piece of rope during a home remodel project and followed it until he located a treasure chest full of gold. With images of Mozart stamped on the coins, experts date the find to before World…...
Dinosaur collagen used to create one-of-a-kind handbag
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (358+ words) By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM, April 2 (Reuters) - Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in "a unique creation intended to demonstrate the value of laboratory-grown leather. The teal-coloured bag…...
Archaeologists Found 108-Year-Old Remains of WWI Soldiers. Their Bones Were Mysteriously Red.
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (339+ words) A mysterious red pigment was found on the bones of 12 soldiers who were hastily buried in 1918. The grave was made in a five-foot-deep crater left by a wartime explosion, and the bodies were covered with only a thin layer of…...
Archaeologists Deciphered 2 Ancient Tablets—They Contained Records of Blood Money Payments
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (151+ words) Ancient Assyrian texts detailed a legal system of paying blood money for murdered merchants. The blood money system created a formal practice across Assyria and Anatolia, complete with diplomatic ramifications. Two previously unread tablets offer fresh insight into the well-established…...
Believers See Jesus’s Face in the Shroud of Turin. A Study Now Says It’s Something Else.
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (772+ words) A recent study offers new insight into the origin of an object known as the Shroud of Turin. Many consider the sheet to be a holy relic, marked with the impression of a dying man they believe to be Jesus…...
Warship sunk by British fleet, remains of sailor found after 225 years
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (763+ words) More than 200 years after being sunk by Adm. Horatio Nelson and the British fleet, a Danish warship and part of a sailor's jaw have been discovered on the seabed of Copenhagen Harbor by marine archaeologists. Working in thick sediment and…...
Germany to create restitution council to return colonia-era acquired cultural artefacts
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (333+ words) Germany has revealed plans to set up a body to repatriate artworks and artifacts, and human remains acquired in a colonial context. The anticipated 'Coordination Council for Returns of Cultural Property and Human Remains from Colonial Contexts' will include representatives…...