16+ hour, 13+ min ago   (484+ words) 52,503 Roman artefacts and a burial site that defies any obvious explanation. In April 2010, metal detectorist Dave Crisp was sweeping a field near Frome, Somerset, when his equipment picked up an unusual signal about a foot below the surface. He uncovered…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (489+ words) Hidden away inside an Austrian crypt for centuries, a mysterious mummy has finally revealed why it survived when others did not. A remarkably preserved 18th-century mummy in an Austrian church crypt has revealed an embalming technique never previously documented by…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (575+ words) A missing statue fragment lay buried for 96 years, ignored by nearly everyone who passed over it. When archaeologists finally uncovered it, they realized it belonged to something far bigger than they imagined. A statue of Ramesses II, split for nearly…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (506+ words) Some discoveries are made in laboratories. These ancient tools were found by a kid on vacation who noticed what others almost missed. A boy who once dug curious black stones out of the mud during a family vacation has grown…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (567+ words) A sickle crossed her neck and a padlock bound her toe. Four centuries later, scientists revealed her face. When Zosia died, she was estimated to be about 18-20 years old. Media accounts referred to her final rest as a “grave of…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (426+ words) Using technology that can see through solid jungle canopy, a team of researchers has uncovered nearly two miles of ancient roads near Machu Picchu, winding toward structures no one knew existed on a part of the mountain long assumed to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (588+ words) A cellar renovation in Germany just uncovered a complete 13th-century ship's hull after centuries of mystery, exposing an extraordinary Medieval discovery. Archaeologists examining a cellar in Konstanz, Germany, set out to study a centuries-old room and instead stumbled onto something…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (759+ words) Beneath a former brewery, workers found a fortune sealed behind a wall. At first, it seemed that the metal objects coming to light while digging trenches for new drainage systems at the former brewery site in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, Belgium, were €1 coins....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (600+ words) Farmers worked near these ruins for years. Then forgotten lidar data exposed an ancient Maya city beneath the forest. The discovery of Valeriana was made by accident. Archaeologists who were re-evaluating lidar (laser mapping) data they had collected in 2013 for…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (543+ words) The scale of the coin hoard uncovered off Sardinia has been described by officials as historically significant, yet the full account of how it came to rest on the seafloor remains incomplete. Understanding why this particular hoard matters requires looking…...