2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (443+ words) An engineer measured weathering at the Great Pyramid. His results push its construction back by millennia. The remaining casing stones were preserved due to one simple reason – they had been buried under sand before they could be removed from the…...

2+ day, 18+ 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…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (471+ words) This megastructure survived thousands of years without anyone knowing it was there. When it was finally discovered, it raised more questions than answers, about who built it, why they chose that spot, and what it was really for. The monument…...

1+ week, 22+ 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   (378+ words) A quiet field in Suffolk was hiding an extraordinary secret. Beneath the soil, archaeologists uncovered a Roman monument reused across thousands of years, revealing a site that refused to be forgotten. Archaeologists excavating at Red Lodge, Suffolk, have uncovered a…...

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…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (674+ words) After centuries of legend, archaeologists have mapped a vast Inca tunnel system beneath a modern city, tracing a hidden route nearly 1.1 miles long. Archaeologists have located and mapped an extensive network of Inca tunnels under Cusco. The primary underground passageway…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) It took over two thousand years for this ancient well to reveal what was hiding at the bottom. Experts say it's unlike anything found before. What makes the discovery especially notable is preservation. Because the well remained underwater in a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (651+ words) A mid-air collision scattered four thermonuclear weapons over southern Spain, triggering a plutonium cleanup and an 80-day hunt at sea. A US Air Force B-52 (carrying four thermonuclear weapons) broke up in mid-air over Southern Spain on January 17th, 1966 due to a…...