Discovery

Mystery space debris discovered near Western Australia mine sparks multi-agency probe

"Mine workers on a remote road near Newman stopped around 2 p.m. Saturday after spotting flames coming from a strange cylindrical object lying in the red sand about 30 kilometers from town.

Mystery space debris discovered near Western Australia mine sparks multi-agency probe.
Over 4,000-year-old skull.

Ancient human skull dating to 2,300 BCE discovered on Indiana's Whitewater River bank

Scientists uncover how tropical hippos weathered the last Ice Age in Central Europe.

Scientists uncover how tropical hippos weathered the last Ice Age in Central Europe

‘Sword Dragon’: 185-million-year-old  predator with enormous eyes and blade-like snout identified.

‘Sword Dragon’: 185-million-year-old predator with enormous eyes and blade-like snout identified


3,000-year-old New Kingdom stronghold found at Tell al-Kharouba, Northern Sinai

Archaeologists unearthed a 105-meter southern wall with a side entrance, an internal 75-meter zigzag barrier and eleven towers, revealing sophisticated ancient Egyptian border defenses.

3,000-year-old New Kingdom stronghold found at Tell al-Kharouba, Northern Sinai.

Ancient meeting ground: New insights from Czech Celtic coin discovery

The collection holds gold and silver coins, earrings, bracelet fragments, and ingots, suggesting the site may have served as a center for trade and possibly coin minting.

A gold coin from the La Tène period of Celtic culture in Central Europe, about 2,000 years ago.

Göbeklitepe Discovery: Could These Quadrangular Plans Be Residences?

"In just a few weeks of work, we identified the existence, locations, and densities of not only large monumental buildings and public structures but also residences," said the excavation director.

Gobeklitepe ruins in Turkey.

Perfectly preserved dinosaur egg found during live broadcast

A carnivorous dinosaur’s egg was found near General Roca in Argentine Patagonia during an expedition broadcast live on YouTube and Instagram.

The dinosaur egg, found while broadcast live.

4,000-year-old limestone tablet vanishes in Egypt

The tablet has disappeared from the tomb of Khentika in the Saqqara necropolis, an Egyptologist describing the theft as “an archeological tragedy”.

The stepped pyramid of Djoser in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt.

Groundbreaking discovery: Karahan Tepe reveals 12,000-year-old human face

A T-shaped stele bearing a human face, unearthed during excavations near Göbekli Tepe, is characterized by distinctive features such as sharp contours, deep eye sockets, and a broad-shaped nose.

The 12,000-year-old T-shaped pillar featuring a human face, discovered at Karahantepe in southeastern Turkey.

New Orleans couple uncovers a 1900-year-old Roman tombstone in their garden

Researchers suggest the stone slab came to New Orleans in the 20th century, possibly after WWII, when American and Allied troops were in Italy, including Civitavecchia after Rome fell.

The tombstone of Sextus Congenius Verus, found in New Orleans.

Hidden basement cache reveals 1.5-ton haul of lost yeshiva of the sages of Lublin books in Warsaw

The researchers removed about 40 to 50 sacks—roughly 1.5 tons—from a locked basement near the Nożyk Synagogue.

Hidden basement cache reveals 1.5-ton haul of lost yeshiva of the sages of Lublin books in Warsaw.

Divers recover 1,000+ silver reales and 5 gold escudos from 1715 Spanish treasure fleet off Florida

Queens Jewels, the firm with exclusive salvage rights, values the well-preserved haul at about one million dollars and calls it the site’s largest coin find since 1990.

Divers recover more than 1,000 silver reales and five gold escudos from 1715 Spanish treasure fleet off Florida coast.

Photos from 1938 reveal strong clue to Amelia Earhart plane on Nikumaroro island

A fifteen member team from Purdue University and the Archeological Legacy Institute departs november 4 to probe the Taria object believed to be Earhart's Lockheed Electra 10E.

Photos from 1938 reveal strong clue to Amelia Earhart plane on Nikumaroro island.

Stone age site in Germany yields Europe's oldest blue pigment, rewriting prehistoric art palette

The discovery changes everything we thought we knew about Palaeolithic pigment use in Europe, said archaeologist Wisher.

Stone age site in Germany yields Europe's oldest blue pigment, rewriting prehistoric art palette.