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In 1795, Paul Revere helped bury a secret time capsule beneath Boston's State House; 219 years later, workers opened it to reveal coins, documents and a medalA 1795 time capsule buried beneath Boston's State House was recently opened. This capsule contained historical items from different periods...- A 7-year-old found human teeth on UK's Cornish coast. They may be linked to the 1721 Royal Anne Galley wreckWhile exploring the rugged coast of Cornwall, a young boy stumbled upon human teeth, igniting an archaeological inquiry. The investigation ...
- In 1963, 23-year-old hiker threw his backpack into an Austrian glacier crevasse to survive; 63 years later, melting ice returned his lost belongingsIn 1963, a 23-year-old hiker threw his backpack into a crevasse on Austria’s Sulztalferner glacier after falling during a dangerous mountai...
- In March 1945, USS Trigger sank in the East China Sea; 81 years later, restoration work on USS Silversides uncovered a flood valve that appears to connect the surviving boat to its lost sisterHistoric submarine restoration has uncovered a remarkable World War II mystery. Workers found a flood valve stamped with the name USS Trigg...
- In the 1870s, someone borrowed a book from Kiama Library for one month; 150 years later, Ross Simmons returned it after finding it in a fireplace, but the $20,000 inflation-adjusted fine was never charged by librariansA remarkable library mystery has been solved in Australia after Ross Simmons returned The Antiquities of Athens to Kiama Public Library, ar...
- In 2025, workers dug a drain beneath a reclining Buddha statue in Thailand, widely regarded as one of the country's oldest; they found 33 gold, silver, and bronze treasures hidden for 1,300 yearsWorkers repairing ground near a 1,300-year-old statue found ancient artifacts. These relics were buried since the seventh century and are m...
- Metal detectorists found one Bronze Age gold torc in an English field; then unearthed two more, with the rare trio expected to be worth hundreds of thousandsWhile metal detecting in a serene countryside field, two friends stumbled upon three remarkable gold torcs, valued at over $400,000. Dating...
- In 1533, a Portuguese ship loaded with gold, silver and other treasures was heading to India. It was found in Namibia nearly 500 years later by a diamond mining company, but without any trace of its crewA 16th-century Portuguese ship, the Bom Jesus, was found buried beneath Namibian desert sands. This remarkably preserved wreck yielded a va...
- In 2024, the Baltic Sea gave up a ship filled with royal gifts that never reached a Russian TsarA Baltic Sea shipwreck discovered in 2024 may have carried gifts for Czar Alexander II. The vessel sank around 1856 or 1857 after the Crime...
- Hidden for over a century, these Egyptian princesses may have been elite warriors, according to their 4,000-year-old bonesForgotten for a century inside a Cairo museum basement, 4,000-year-old royal bones are rewriting ancient Egyptian history. Historians long ...
- In the 18th and 19th centuries, slave ships sank near Bahamas; researchers found their trail revealing the darkest chapters of human historyFourteen wrecked slavers' ships were identified in the Bahamas. These vessels transported enslaved Africans during the 18th and 19th centur...
- Nearly 190 years after the Battle of the Alamo, archaeologists unearthed cannonballs from both armies, revealing rare physical evidence of the historic 1836 siege and its final exchange of fireArchaeologists just made an incredible discovery at the Alamo. For the first time, they found two intact cannonballs from the famous 1836 b...
- 1,700 years ago, a Roman commander declared himself emperor in Britain. Now a tiny silver coin found beneath a railway is bringing his forgotten empire back to lifeNearly 1,700 years ago, a Roman naval commander escaped execution, declared himself emperor and carved out a rival Roman empire in Britain ...
- In 2024, a beginner archaeologist’s first 90 minutes on a dig uncovered a gold ring that is revealing clues about Scotland’s ancient eliteA student's first excavation at Burghead Fort in Scotland yielded a significant gold ring. This artifact provides valuable clues about the ...
- In 1986, a drought lowered a lake in Galilee, uncovering a 2,000-year-old boat that led to one of Israel’s most famous discoveriesA severe drought in 1986 dramatically lowered the Sea of Galilee's water levels, revealing a remarkable archaeological find: a 2,000-year-o...
- Scientists found ancient logs locked together, and it changed the story of early humansIn Zambia, ancient interlocked logs, dating back 476,000 years, have been unearthed, predating Homo sapiens. This remarkable discovery at K...
- A freshman found a tiny stone on a Seattle campus, and what looked like an ordinary rock, uncovered ancient Native American history from thousands of years agoA small stone point found by a student at the University of Washington in 2009 unearthed a significant archaeological discovery. Experts fr...
- A 4-year-old’s “toy treasure hunt” ended with the discovery of a real medieval gold pendantA young boy named James Hyatt made a remarkable discovery in 2009. While metal detecting with his father in Hockley, Essex, he unearthed a ...
- Archaeologists find links to ancient Biblical battle at Megiddo in northern Israel. Here’s what happenedArchaeologists have discovered pottery fragments at Megiddo in northern Israel. The artifacts suggest Egyptian troops were present during t...
- Archeological artifacts recovered from 5,000 feet under sea. Will China use these items to claim South China Sea?Chinese authorities have recovered 890 pieces of artifacts from the sea bed, 5000 feet under water. These include copper coins, porcelain a...
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