The ancient abandoned city Teotihuacan was designed in a remarkably modern way
Entire city was planned on a carefully thought-through grid system.
Hidden treasure trove of Osiris, Ptah and Sphinx idols discovered in Ancient Egyptian temple
The figurines were found in the temple of Ptah.
Ancient Mayans playing ball pictured on remarkable 1,300-year-old stone panels
Foreign and local rulers played the game.
Newly found 190 million-year-old Jurassic sea monster may be ancestor of modern sea predators
The new species of prehistoric sea creature was discovered in a clay pit near Bielefeld, Germany in the 1980's.
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Expedition ends after accidentally discovering more than 60 ancient shipwrecks
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Long-lost Rongorongo inscriptions revisited – what were the people of Easter Island saying?
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The Scythians of ancient Siberia were terrifying warriors – their only weaknesses were booze and weed
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Ancient Greeks may have deliberately built along earthquake fault lines
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Spanish researchers discover 30,000 year-old cave paintings
The team used cutting-edge technology to identify the prehistoric artwork.
'Indecipherable' and mysterious Voynich manuscript may be a plagiarised medical textbook
The 'code' is actually Latin shorthand and the book is missing an index, historian finds.
Mystery of the peculiar purple spots on 770-year-old Secret Vatican Archive scroll solved
A microbial war waged on the document's surface left purple stains from the loser.
Ancient settlements 'lost to the sea' discovered in Yorkshire
The landscape by the Humber River is one of constant change over millennia.
Vindija Cave wasn't where humans and Neanderthals had their fling after all
Where did the fateful rendezvous happen?
Mayan child sacrifices were buried with 'supernatural' jet black stones
All of the children interred were less than 4 years old.
Rare 350-year-old treasure trove of historic coins discovered hidden in Polish castle
The coins were concealed in a defensive gate tower in Człuchów castle.
Is this the skull of Pliny the Elder, hero of Pompeii?
Italian scientists will put to rest at last the controversy over Pliny the Elder's remains.
200-million-year-old Jurassic-era fossil of biggest ever 'sea dragon' accidentally discovered
The sea dragon, which is believed to have pre-dated dinosaurs, was pregnant at the time of its death.
One-of-a-kind Roman mosaic depicts incredible battles between beasts and heroes of ancient mythology
Bellerophon, Pegasus, the Chimaera, Hercules, centaurs and Cupid all feature in this unprecedented discovery.
Newly found 5.7 million-year-old human footprints fossil may challenge history of human evolution
Researchers, who discovered fossil, say the footprints have 'an unmistakably human-like form'.
How the ancient Amazonians built earthworks to communicate with animals, departed spirits and stars
Enormous squares, octagons and circles dot the landscape between the Amazonian forests.
Mystery of famous 18th century explorer's disappearance finally solved with help of castaway
A 200-year mystery has finally been solved by the gruesome account of a Pacific Island castaway.
Long-lost medieval village of 'Bolko I the Strict' discovered in Poland
No one knows why the village was abruptly abandoned 50 years after it was built.
New giant dinosaur species discovered in Tanzania walked the Earth nearly 100 million years ago
The fossils of the new dinosaur, called Shingopana songwensis, date back to the Cretaceous Period.
Oldest human skeleton of the Americas discovered in Mexico's 'Black Hole' graveyard
A 12,000-year-old skeleton was found among sabre-toothed cats and giant ground sloths.
Earliest Italian wine discovered is more than 5,000 years old
Pottery hidden in a Sicilian cave contains the oldest traces of Italian wine ever discovered.
3,700-year-old Babylonian stone tablet code finally cracked
Babylonians beat the Greeks to this form of advanced mathematics by 1,000 years.
American Civil War: Mystery deaths of submarine H. L. Hunley crew finally solved after 150 years
The Confederate submarine crew died instantly - but their bodies showed no mark of injury or struggle.
First ever Latin commentary on the Bible, lost for 1,500 years, found and translated into English
The 4th century text has been translated into English for the first time.
Mysterious walls of 700-year-old abandoned city were built to work with nature - not against it
The vanished farmers of Engaruka manipulated the river to benefit their crops.
Ancient Roman painting buried for thousands of years after Vesuvius eruption gets a new life
Painting of a young woman was damaged when it was excavated 70 years ago.
Was the fall of the Roman Empire down to bad plumbing?
Toxic levels of antimony were found in a Roman water pipe from Pompeii.
Great Synagogue of Vilna: Ritual baths that survived Nazi and Soviet destruction revealed
The original tiles of the baths can still be seen.
Sicily: 1,800-year-old Roman villa is the largest and most extravagant ever excavated
The spectacular villa was occupied for 500 years straight.
'Maya Pompeii' offers snapshot of ancient village frozen in time by massive volcanic eruption
Joya de Cerén was a small Maya village buried under ash in the 7th century.
Mysterious origins of metal-making solved by analysis of 8,500-year-old copper
Which culture first turned ore into metal?
2,200-year-old coins record Hannibal's defeat and the start of the Roman Empire
Rome's victory over Carthage set it on the path of rapid expansion.
Mysterious rock art in Chaco Canyon could show an ancient total eclipse of the sun
Were ancient Puebloans trying to record and celebrate a historic solar eclipse?
Ancient Egypt: Archaeologists think they've found a secret chamber in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Last year, the team located two 'anomalies' inside one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
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