Groundbreaking excavation at Ur: Discovery of a well-preserved 4,000-year-old drainage system
In the 1920s, British archaeologist Leonard Woolley embarked on a series of groundbreaking excavations at Ur, a city of immense historical significance in Mesopotamia. During these…
Uncovering the Past: The Discovery of Richard III’s Burial Beneath a Leicester Car Park
A Remarkable Archaeological Discovery In the heart of Leicester, an extraordinary tale of historical detective work unfolded in 2012, when Phillipa Langley accomplished what seemed impossible: locating…
The Siberian Unicorn: Ancient Giant Roamed Earth Alongside Humans
Groundbreaking research published in 2018 has dramatically altered our understanding of when the mᴀssive “Siberian unicorn” walked the Earth. This extinct giant rhinoceros, which featured a single…
Sacred Stonework: Discovering the Ancient Church Sculpted into Ethiopia’s Volcanic Rock
Hidden in Ethiopia’s rugged mountains stands a masterpiece that challenges everything we know about medieval construction—a church carved entirely from solid volcanic rock that continues to mystify…
The Mystery of the Shroud: Exploring the Nexus of Faith and Science
The Holy Shroud of Turin: A Centuries-Old Mystery The Holy Shroud of Turin has intrigued the world for centuries, standing as one of Christianity’s most compelling and…
Embark on a Journey to the Era of the Pharaohs and Ancient Egypt!
Where to begin? Maybe with every child’s giddy fascination and awe about everything King Tut! That’s the way we felt when we recently premiered the most in-depth…
Melting Glacial Ice in Norway Reveals Intact Bronze-Age Arrow
Archaeologists discovered the arrow in an ice patch in Norway’s Jotunheimen Mountains. (all pH๏τos by Espen Finstad, courtesy Secrets of the Ice) Archaeologists trekking through the Jotunheimen…
The Beresovka Mammoth: A 44,000-Year-Old Enigma Preserved in Ice
In the remote wilderness of Siberia, buried beneath layers of permafrost, lies a creature that has captivated scientists for over a century. The Beresovka Mammoth, discovered with…
Man knocks down plaster wall in house and finds 16th-century Renaissance façade
Reproduction / Strambotic In November 2016, Juan Francisco León began restoration work on the three-story building he bought to live in Jaén, Spain. However, when the plaster…
Giant 85 million-year-old mystery sea monster fossil finally identified
Two individuals of Traskasaura sandrae hunt the ammonite Pachydiscus in the northern Pacific during the Late Cretaceous. Traskasaura sandrae, named today in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology, was declared the Provincial Fossil of…