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…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (842+ words) A stained Navy book pulled from the trash held a chilling 7:55 a.m. entry from Pearl Harbor’s darkest morning. As Tracylyn Sharrit helped her fiancé unpack his books in Hemet, California, one stained volume caught her eye. The spine identified it as…...

3+ week, 14+ hour ago   (593+ words) A Sicilian fisherman went looking for a rock formation underwater. Instead, he found a wreck that authorities are now calling one of the most important underwater discoveries in recent years, and the full details are still being confirmed. A spearfisherman…...

1+ week, 18+ 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…...

16+ hour, 12+ 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+ week, 12+ hour ago   (706+ words) A diamond mine on Namibia’s coast uncovered a 500-year-old wreck, gold coins and traces of a vanished trading world. The desert was supposed to be holding diamonds. Instead, work along Namibia’s southern coast exposed evidence of a trading world that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (705+ words) Sixty meters beneath the Baltic, an intact ship holds champagne and luxury goods untouched for generations. Although the sonar image of the object looked small enough to allow for a short dive, Polish divers investigating the Baltic Sea thought it…...

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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (636+ words) A highway survey in the Czech Republic was supposed to be routine. Instead, crews stumbled onto hidden gold that had remained untouched for over 2,000 years. While archaeologists were carrying out a completely routine survey of a site ahead of highway…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (567+ words) A sickle crossed her neck and a padlock bound her toe. Four centuries later, scientists revealed...