1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (522+ words) Researchers believe a cave in the Pyrenees may have been used thousands of years ago to process copper, though the discovery still raises major questions. A team of archaeologists has uncovered a prehistoric cave in the eastern Pyrenees packed with…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (334+ words) The Classic Maya Collapse has baffled historians for years leading to a number of theories but thanks to new research one has become the most likely. The Maya civilization began around 3, 500 years ago originating in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico....

2+ day, 58+ min ago  (378+ words) Their arrangement suggests they may have been moved there from another location in ancient times. Eight unopened papyrus scrolls were also discovered. Every year, dozens of archaeological expeditions take place across Egypt, and most of them uncover something significant. The…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (816+ words) A devastating Bronze Age fire preserved an astonishing snapshot of everyday life 3, 000 years ago in what is now eastern England. Around 950 B. C. , the world was in transition. Ancient Egypt was centuries past the age of the pyramids. The Neo-Assyrian Empire was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (425+ words) Sometimes a discovery reveals more than just some interesting items, it can change the way we think about the past. A newly featured discovery from Panama is giving archaeologists another remarkable glimpse into the world of pre-Columbian elites, and it…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (365+ words) Originally thought to be several laid together, the exceptionally long sword unearthed from the Tomio Maruyama burial mound "surprised" researchers. Roughly 1, 600 years ago near the city of Nara, Japan, a person of what appears to be great significance was laid…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (316+ words) Beneath the Yucatan Peninsula are a series of flooded caves that are revealing secrets about human presence in the area from prehistoric times. Researchers have been discovering prehistoric skeleton remains of early human inhabitants of the Americas in the cenotes,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (298+ words) Research of ancient artifacts show that Native American hunter-gatherers were playing games of probability long before civilizations in the old world. Dice might not seem like much these days, but their creation was a revolution at the time. It allowed…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (332+ words) Cinco de Mayo is widely celebrated in the United States, but is it an official public holiday? Here's what you should know. Cinco de Mayo is observed across the United States, especially in border states such as California and Texas....

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (197+ words) The Czech Republic is the location where numerous Neolithic burial mounds more than 5, 000 years old have been discovered beneath cultivated fields. Experts already knew these burial mounds existed, but they had not been able to pinpoint their exact locations. In…...