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Skeleton in mass grave of 54 skeletons and 51 skulls from the Middle Ages found in a shallow pit in Dorset, EnglandDiscoveries

Unraveling the Mystery of the Headless Viking Skeletons Discovered in Dorset

Lauren Folkas · February 25, 2024
A grayscale image of the FV Gaul in the ocean before sailingDiscoveries

What Really Sank This Ship 50 Years Ago?

Alyssa Miller · February 25, 2024
A photograph of Stonehenge in the UKDiscoveries

New Stonehenge Found at the Bottom of a Lake Intrigues Historians

Lauren Folkas · February 25, 2024
Screenshot of a YouTube video showing the encysting of a microscopic EuglenidDiscoveries

Groundbreaking Fossil Found That Is Neither Plant Nor Animal

Lauren Folkas · February 18, 2024
Illustration of the newly discovered Eoneophron infernalis alongside a Anzu wyliei dinosaurDiscoveries

Student Accidentally Discovers a New Species While Studying Dinosaur Fossils

Lauren Folkas · February 18, 2024
Isopod crawling in the deep sea.Discoveries

Marine Biologists Find Unidentified Translucent Species in the Deep Sea

Chris Gorrie · February 17, 2024
Original letters from Charles Darwin are displayed at the Herbaruim library on March 25, 2009 at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Darwin wrote the letter (R) to his mentor Reverend John Henslow aboard HMS Beagle in April 1833 - writing two ways - as paper was expensive.Discoveries

Charles Darwin's Library Unearthed: Will It Rewrite History?

Alyssa Miller · February 17, 2024
View of Mokoia Island from the shore of Lake Rotorua in New ZealandDiscoveries

Magnetic Anomaly Discovered Under Historic New Zealand Lake

Lauren Folkas · February 16, 2024
A photograph of Stonehenge in the UKDiscoveries

New Stonehenge Found at the Bottom of a Lake Intrigues Historians

Lauren Folkas · February 16, 2024
Digital illustration of a large prehistoric shark swimming in deep blue ocean waters. The shark has a pale, spotted belly, a dorsal fin, and sharp teeth visible in its open mouthDiscoveries

New Shark Species Found in Historic Caves That Connected North America and Europe 325M Years Ago

Georgia McKoy · February 16, 2024
A photograph of a long, slender bone tool with pointed ends and a rough surface texture. The tool is displayed against a black background, and there's a white measurement scale with black markings indicating centimeters placed below it for size reference, showing the tool's length to be approximately 10 centimetersDiscoveries

Neanderthals and Modern Humans May Have Coexisted for More Than 10,000 Years in Europe

Georgia McKoy · February 15, 2024
A close-up of an ancient mosaic mask made of interlocking jade pieces, with varying shades of green and some patches of beige where the jade has fractured or eroded, set against a white backgroundDiscoveries

Extraordinary Jade Mask Discovered in Maya King's Tomb

Georgia McKoy · February 14, 2024
A human skeleton partially buried in sand.Discoveries

Farmers' Skeletons Discovered in a Tomb With Their Skulls Mysteriously Missing

Chris Gorrie · February 12, 2024
Drawing entitled "Caring for the Ill" by Conrad MeterDiscoveries

The World's Oldest Diseases

Lauren Folkas · February 11, 2024
Illustration of an asteroid hitting the earth and killing the dinosaursDiscoveries

Fossil Site Reveals When Dinosaurs Were Wiped Out by the Asteroid

Lauren Folkas · February 11, 2024
A detailed reconstruction of a prehistoric human, likely a hunter, wearing a fur coat made from animal pelts and holding a wooden spear with a stone tipDiscoveries

New Discovery Indicates Humans Were in Europe Much Earlier Than We Thought

Georgia McKoy · February 10, 2024
Napoleon visiting the Sphinx while camped in Egypt during the Napoleonic War. Original Artwork: Engraved from a picture by J L Gerome, 1798Discoveries

Napoleon Abandoned a Group of Scientists in Egypt and They Took the First Steps Towards Modern Archaeology

Lauren Folkas · February 10, 2024
Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards on stage. All three have guitars and are standing close to each otherDiscoveries

Mick Jagger Was Scared to Perform Again After the Stones' Violent 1969 Altamont Concert

Georgia McKoy · February 10, 2024
Statues of baby Alexander The Great, his mother Olympias and his father King Philip in the city square of Skopje, North MacedoniaDiscoveries

Experts Found 2,000-Year-Old Anonymous Bodies and Now They Found Out They Were Royals

Lauren Folkas · February 9, 2024
Aerial photo of the recently discovered shipwreck off the coast of Cape Ray, Newfoundland, CanadaDiscoveries

Ghostly 80ft Shipwreck Just Washed Ashore in Cape Ray Centuries after it Sank

Lauren Folkas · February 9, 2024
Amelia Earhart (1898-1937), American aviatrix, next to her aircraftDiscoveries

Amelia Earhart's Missing Plane Might Have Been Found

Lauren Folkas · February 9, 2024
Aerial view of Khirbet Qeiyafa within the Elah ValleyDiscoveries

Archeologists Believe the Fortress Found Outside of Jerusalem Is Evidence of King David's Kingdom

Lauren Folkas · February 8, 2024
Painting of Sir Isaac Newton, 1643-1727Discoveries

The Tree Where Isaac Newton Discovered Gravity Is Still Thriving to This Day

Lauren Folkas · February 8, 2024
Birdseye view of the ruins of the ancient Stone City of Houchengzui/Photograph of one section of the tunnel system that sits beneath the ancient Chinese stone cityDiscoveries

Secret Tunnels Discovered Under a 4,300-Year-Old City in China

Ben Campbell · February 7, 2024
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