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Skull Tower (Serbian Cyrillic: Ћеле кула, romanized: Ćele kula) is a stone structure embedded with human skulls, located in Niš, Serbia. This macabre monument was constructed by the Ottoman Empire following the Battle of Čegar in May 1809, during the First Serbian Uprising against Ottoman rule. The Battle of Čegar and the Birth of Skull […]

For most people, a coffin may simply represent a final resting place. But for archaeologists, it can hold clues to a long-lost world. And when a coffin is unearthed in Spain that promises to upend what we thought we knew about European history, it’s time to sit up and take notice. The discovery of a […]

The remains of a medieval ‘mummy’ wrapped in a cocoon of birch bark have been discovered at the site of a village that belonged to a mysterious Arctic civilization. Archaeologists discovered the remains, which they believe may be a child or teenager from the 12th or 13th century, while excavating near the town of Salekhard […]

The shipwreck of Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed vessel from the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, has been unveiled in extraordinary detail thanks to newly released 3D scans. The ship, which sank in the icy depths of the Weddell Sea in 1915 after becoming trapped in pack ice, has been lying on the seafloor for over a […]

The ‘Aіrplane Cemetery’ Beneаth the Oсean: Dіscoverіng the Hіdden Storіes of Amerіcan Avіatіon. Beneаth the vаst exрanse of the oсean lіes а reаlm ѕhrouded іn myѕtery, where the relіcs of humаn endeаvor lаy ѕilent аnd forgotten. Among theѕe underwаter treаsures іs аn eerіe ѕite known аs the “Aіrplane Cemetery,” а hаunting remіnder of the dаrk […]

A new study suggests that almost everything archaeologists thought they knew about the preservation of the 5,300-year-old corpse was wrong. Hikers discovered Ötzi the ice mummy in September 1991 in the Tyrolean Alps. PH๏τo by Leopold Nekula/Sygma via Getty Images In September 1991, German hikers exploring the Tyrolean Alps between Italy and Austria made a […]