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Shipwreck in Italy could be merchant ship divers have been looking for since 1970s

By Jaskiran Kaur

The investigation is underway but it is believed to be the wreckage of one of the galleons that sank in 1579.

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Truth about Cleopatra's death: Resting place may have been found at mysterious site

The last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt died in 30 BC after ruling for nearly three decades.

By Jaskiran Kaur

Stonehenge mystery finally solved: Aliens did not build the ancient pillars

The mystery surrounding the formation of the ancient Stonehenge has finally been solved.

By Lorraine Lorenzo

World's earliest figurative tattoos discovered on 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian mummies

Designs of a wild bull and a Barbary sheep along with 'S' shaped figures were detected on the bodies of two mummies at...

By Lara Rebello

World’s Biggest Ever Underwater Cave Filled With Ancient Mayan Artefacts Discovered In Mexico

7,000-year-old Native American burial site found deep underwater in an 'unprecedented' discovery

Archaeologists discovered the submerged prehistoric site, dating back to the Early Archaic period, near the Venice...

By India Ashok

Ancient puppy reveals 14,000-year-old bond between humans and canines

Study of an ancient burial reveals how a prehistoric puppy was cared for by human beings almost 14,000 years ago.

By Sadhana Bharanidharan

Massive 1,400-year-old banquet hall uncovered in Japan's ancient capital city

The banquet hall was likely used for various rituals and sumo tournaments during the seventh century.

By Shubham Sharma

Ancient necropolis uncovered in Egypt containing over 1,000 statues

Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says the discovery is "just the beginning" and that it could take up to five years to...

By Dan Cancian

Massive haul of 200 million-year-old fossils found on land that Trump admin removed from protections

Palaeontologists found a treasure trove of well-preserved Triassic period fossils on land that the Trump administration...

By India Ashok

Acid rain threatens to destroy ancient Mayan archaeological sites, eroding 4,000-year-old inscriptions

Many of the structures are made of limestone and would slowly dissolve from the chemicals in the polluted precipitation.

By Lara Rebello

Is ancient cave art drawn by our ancestors the earliest evidence of first human language?

Humans may have used places where sound echoed the most as "hot-spots" to visually represent language.

By Shubham Sharma

Archaeologists may have found doomsday prophet Isaiah's 2,700-year-old seal

Definitive identification is currently impossible due to damage to the seal, but Hebrew University of Jerusalem...

By Charlotte Tobitt

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Archaeology

Shipwreck in Italy could be merchant ship divers have been looking for since 1970s

Truth about Cleopatra's death: Resting place may have been found at mysterious site

Stonehenge mystery finally solved: Aliens did not build the ancient pillars

World's earliest figurative tattoos discovered on 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian mummies

7,000-year-old Native American burial site found deep underwater in an 'unprecedented' discovery

Ancient puppy reveals 14,000-year-old bond between humans and canines

Massive 1,400-year-old banquet hall uncovered in Japan's ancient capital city

Ancient necropolis uncovered in Egypt containing over 1,000 statues

Massive haul of 200 million-year-old fossils found on land that Trump admin removed from protections

Acid rain threatens to destroy ancient Mayan archaeological sites, eroding 4,000-year-old inscriptions

Is ancient cave art drawn by our ancestors the earliest evidence of first human language?

Archaeologists may have found doomsday prophet Isaiah's 2,700-year-old seal

Ancient tomb of powerful Japanese chieftain discovered with hoard of weapons

How did Egyptians build perfectly aligned Giza pyramids 4,500 years ago

Ancient Mayan relics, Ice Age human remains found hidden in world's biggest underwater cave

Who are the Taíno people? Ancient tooth traces 'extinct' indigenous community to the Caribbean

Toxic breath of mythological hellhound at ancient city of Hierapolis identified as volcanic fumes

'Astonishing' Roman boxing gloves found near Hadrian's Wall in knockout discovery

Ancient mammoths and mastodons survived the changing environment because of inter species breeding

Ancient Chilean rock paintings of whale hunting link the ocean to the desert

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How to build resilience for a post-COVID-19 world

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