- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 30th, 2014
Amelia Earhart's Plane Sits Close to an Atoll in the Pacific, Evidence Indicates
Researchers will go looking for the plane's remains in June 2015, might even try to pull the wreckage out of the water
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 23rd, 2014
Humans and Neanderthals Had Their First Kids Together About 50,000 Years Ago
DNA recovered from 45,000-year-old bone found in Siberia sheds new light on the romance between humans and Neanderthals
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 22nd, 2014
WWII Vessels Lost for 7 Decades Found Off the Coast of North Carolina, US
The two vessels were discovered at a distance of just 30 miles (roughly 48 kilometers) from the shoreline
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 21st, 2014
Roman Gladiators Were Vegetarians, Used Ashes as a Sports Supplement
A detailed analysis of the makeup of bones found in a gladiator cemetery sheds new light on these warriors' diet
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 20th, 2014
King Tutankhamun Was a Child of Incest, Had a Club Foot and Feminine Hips
Researchers find evidence the young pharaoh's parents were brother and sister, say this might explain his deformities
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 18th, 2014
Humongous Sphinx Emerges from Sand Dunes in California, US
Specialists are now busy reconstructing the sphinx, say it will probably go on display sometime next year
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 17th, 2014
4th Century BC Mosaic Shows Greek Queen of the Underworld Being Abducted
More precisely, the mosaic shows Persephone being dragged to the underworld by Hades, the god king of the underworld
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 15th, 2014
Ancient Princess Covered in Tattoos Used Cannabis to Dull the Pain of Cancer
The woman lived about 2,500 years ago, her remains were unearthed by a team of archaeologists back in 1993
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 14th, 2014
3,300-Year-Old Cult Complex Unearthed in Present-Day Israel
Archaeologists exploring the site have until now come across mask fragments, freakishly big jars, and animal bones
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 13th, 2014
Gorgeous Floor Mosaic Discovered in 4th Century BC Tomb in Greece
The stunning mosaic shows a chariot in motion, comprises white, grey, black, red, blue and yellow pebbles
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 10th, 2014
Stunning Artifacts Recovered from Shipwreck Dubbed the “Ancient Titanic”
The ship sank over 2,000 years ago in the waters off the coast of the island of Antikythera in Greece
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 9th, 2014
World's Oldest Cave Art Was Created over 40,000 Years Ago
Paintings discovered in a cave in Indonesia appear to predate art thus far documented in European caves
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 8th, 2014
During WWII, a Bunch of Soldiers Etched Graffiti into a 1,700-Year-Old Cistern
The water cistern was discovered by archaeologists not too long ago, appears to have been engraved by WWII soldiers
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 7th, 2014
Alleged Witch Girl That Lived in the Middle Ages Unearthed in Italy
The 13-year-old girl was buried with her face down, archaeologists say this suggests a link with witchcraft
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 6th, 2014
4th-Century Glass Plate Shows Jesus with No Beard, Oddly Short Hair
The plate was discovered by a team of archaeologists carrying out excavations in the town of Linares in Spain
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 3rd, 2014
19th-Century Fetus Was Operated on While in Its Mother's Womb
Researchers say the fetus' head was dissected in several places, its arms were cut off from the rest of the body
- By Laura Sinpetru
- October 2nd, 2014
Archaeologists in Turkey Claim to Have Found Dracula's Dungeon
What they actually stumbled upon is two dungeons, one of which likely served as a prison for Vlad the Impaler