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In 1991, archaeologists tested a lump of ancient chewing gum from Scandinavia, it unexpectedly preserved the DNA of a person who lived 5,700 years agoArchaeologists are uncovering ancient secrets from chewed birch pitch. These small lumps, found across Scandinavia and northern Europe, are...- How four teenagers accidentally discovered a 19,000-year-old cave filled with more than 2,000 ancient paintingsIn 1940, a dog led Marcel Ravidat to the Lascaux cave, revealing thousands of prehistoric paintings dating back 17,000-19,000 years. These ...
- Burnt bones from Wonderwerk Cave suggest early humans used fire deep inside caves up to 1.8 million years agoBurnt animal bones discovered deep inside South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave may represent the oldest known evidence of human fire use. Dating ...
- 77 headless skeletons found in a 7,000-year-old ditch in Slovakia, and the only skull left belonged to a childArchaeologists in Slovakia unearthed dozens of headless human skeletons. The remains are over 7,000 years old. Skulls were carefully remove...
- In 1967, an archaeologist’s spade bit into volcanic ash on Santorini, and Akrotiri emerged like a Bronze Age time capsuleAn extraordinary archaeological discovery in Akrotiri, Santorini, has unveiled a hidden prehistoric metropolis. Entombed under layers of vo...
- This UK couple grows chairs in their garden and sells them for $90000Alice and Gavin Munro have spent two decades cultivating trees to grow into ready-made chairs, a process taking 6 to 12 years per piece. Th...
- In 1991, hikers in the Alps saw a body in melting ice and found Europe’s oldest known natural human mummy, “Ötzi the Iceman.”The year 1991 marked a pivotal moment in archaeological history when Ötzi the Iceman was uncovered in the Alps. This astonishingly preserve...
- 14,400 years ago, five people and a canid entered an Italian cave using pine twigs for lightScientists have uncovered how prehistoric humans explored deep caves nearly 14,400 years ago. A group of five people and their dog navigate...
- The Scorpion King was real: Venomous creature as long as a full-grown German Shepherd once ruled the Earth before DinosaursAncient fossils reveal giant scorpions, Praearcturus gigas, exceeding a meter in length, dominated Britain over 400 million years ago. Thes...
- This 415-million-year-old monster scorpion existed before trees, and it's the biggest everScientists have identified Praearcturus gigas, a one-meter-long scorpion from the Early Devonian period, as the largest scorpion ever disco...
- In 1986, a drought lowered the Sea of Galilee, and two brothers saw old wood in the mud. It was no driftwood, and it changed Biblical historyIn 1986, a harsh drought caused the Sea of Galilee to recede, unveiling an incredibly well-preserved boat dating back to the first century ...
- 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...
- In 1984, an innocent peat cutting at Lindow Moss led to Lindow Man’s discovery which uncovered one of Britain's most famous ancient mysteriesA significant archaeological find occurred in 1984 at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England. Laborers unearthed a well-preserved Iron Age human ...
- This ancient horse carved into a hill puzzled historians for centuries, and science finally has an answerA giant white horse carved into a hillside in southern England has a surprising history. The colossal chalk horse carved into an English hi...
- In 2024, archaeologists peeling back estuary mud found wooden stakes and footprints, and they weren't just wet timbers: They changed what we know about daily life in Mesolithic BritainIn an incredible archaeological find, researchers have uncovered fishing traps and ancient footprints dating back 7,000 years in the mud of...
- A university student uncovered a tiny footprint in Alaska that survived for centuries underground, and helped scientists understand prehistoric childhoodArchaeologists unearthed a remarkable human footprint at Swan Point, Alaska. This ancient imprint belonged to a child aged 8 to 12. The dis...
- In 1988, beach workers at Norfolk coast uncovered a Bronze Age mystery from strange timber circles in the mud forcing archaeologists to link prehistoric religion to the working landscapeAn ancient timber circle, Seahenge, emerged from the Norfolk coast in 1998, dating back to the Early Bronze Age. This discovery revolutioni...
- In 1940, a boy chased his dog into a tree hole and discovered a hidden cave containing 17,000-year-old paintings that stunned the worldDiscovered in 1940 by a teenager in France, the Lascaux Cave Paintings, a breathtaking collection of prehistoric art, were sealed for mille...
- What archaeologists found inside this untouched Bronze Age village, hidden in mud for centuries, revealed daily life in stunning detailA Bronze Age village, Must Farm, in the Cambridgeshire Fens, has been unearthed. A fire and sinking into water preserved it like a time cap...
- This submerged prehistoric site is changing what we know about Stone Age BritainArchaeologists discovered a prehistoric landscape at Bouldnor Cliff on the Isle of Wight, revealing Mesolithic settlements with woodworking...
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