How digital technology is taking Mayan culture back to the future
By Mark Brown
More than a century after the British explorer Alfred Maudslay took pioneering photographs and casts of some of the most incredible ancient...
Secret passageway to cenote found beneath Chichen Itza pyramid
Researchers have discovered a secret passageway in the Temple of Kukulkan in Mexico's Chichen Itza that could reveal clues about the ancient civilisation's underworld...
Ancient Skeletons Could Finally Reveal Origins of The Dead Sea Scrolls
By PETER DOCKRILL
Ever since they were discovered some 70 years ago, the Dead Sea Scrolls have fascinated scholars and historians. But the precise origins...
Buddha’s Remains Discovered in China?
By Kastalia Medrano
Archaeologists discovered a box in Jingchuan County, China, which, according to its inscription, contained the cremated remains of the Buddha....
6 Thanksgiving Myths and the Wampanoag Side of the Story
The Thanksgiving Day Celebration Originated From a Massacre
In 1621, though Pilgrims celebrated a feast, it was not repeated in the years to follow. In...
Ancient Hominin Skull From China Suggests Humans Didn’t Evolve Just From African Ancestors
By Kastalia Medrano
Most scientists believe all modern humans are descended from African ancestors. But a new analysis of an ancient Chinese skull...
Great Pyramid at Giza New Investigation (Critique of Hawass)
An international seminar about the recently discovered gap in the Great Pyramid of Giza will be held in the upcoming period, according to Minister...
Subatomic particles reveal a mysterious structure inside Giza’s Great Pyramid
by Rachel Becker
The newly-discovered cavity sits near the center of the pyramid, but its function is still a mystery
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Archaeologists in Iraq excavate cache of cuneiform tablets dating back to Assyrian Empire
Excavations led by a University of Tübingen archaeologist at the site of a recently-discovered Bronze Age settlement in the Kurdistan region of Iraq have...
Unique 5,000 year old figurine with feather headdress found in old potato field in...
By Anna Liesowska
'Absolutely stunning' ancient ornaments discovered with no known comparisons, presenting a puzzle for archeologists: which culture made this?
Dr Natalia Basova holds a...