Archaeology Archaeologists Broke Open King Tut’s Inner Tomb Exactly 100 Years Ago. Here Are 5 of the Most Opulent Artifacts They Found All that glitters is sometimes gold—particularly when it comes to the tomb of King Tutankhamun. By Annikka Olsen, Feb 16, 2023
Archaeology Thousands of Citizen Scientists Studying LiDAR Maps Have Found 1,000 Prehistoric Burial Mounds Across the Netherlands They also detected Celtic fields, charcoal kilns, and cart tracks. By Min Chen, Feb 10, 2023
Archaeology Archaeologists in Portugal Have Discovered the Remains of a Favorite Neanderthal Feast: Roasted Crab Archaeologists found the remains of the delicious ancient feast at Portugal's Figueira Brava cave. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 9, 2023
Archaeology An Amateur Metal Detectorist in the U.K. Has Struck History-Lover’s Gold: A 16th-Century Pendant With Links to King Henry VIII It is the most significant Tudor find in 25 years. By Min Chen, Feb 8, 2023
Archaeology A 1,700-Year-Old Castle Was Among the Thousands of Buildings Destroyed by the Deadly Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria The Gaziantep Castle, built in the second and third centuries, was among the more than 3,000 buildings destroyed. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 6, 2023
Archaeology Joe Rogan’s Podcast Has Sent Its Listeners on a Wild Hunt for ‘50 Tons’ of Mammoth Fossils in New York City’s East River People are actually diving for mammoth bones in the East River. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 1, 2023
Archaeology Archaeologists in the U.K. Have Turned Up 34 Semi-Precious Stones in the Drain of an Ancient Roman Bathhouse The gems were dropped by Roman bathers in the 3rd century. By Min Chen, Jan 31, 2023
Archaeology Construction Workers Discovered a Mysterious Statue of Hercules Buried Deep in a Roman Sewer The unexpected find appears to have been intentionally buried in the early 20th century. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 31, 2023
Archaeology Paleontologists in India Have Hit on an Epic Find: Hundreds of Bowling Ball-Sized Titanosaur Eggs The discovery of 256 eggs sheds new light on the reproductive strategies of the largest known dinosaurs. By Min Chen, Jan 20, 2023
Archaeology Scientists in Norway Have Discovered the Earliest Known Example of Runic Writing Carved Into an Iron Age Sandstone The find, according to archaeologists, is "the dream of all runologists." By Min Chen, Jan 19, 2023
Archaeology Pompeii Has Reopened Its Infamous House of Vettii, Home to a Portrait of a Man Weighing His Penis and Other Erotic Frescoes The ancient murals have been undergoing restoration for the past 20 years. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 17, 2023
Archaeology A 2,000-Year-Old Burial Chamber, Uncovered by Siberian Gravediggers, Reveals Clues About a Little-Known Scythian Culture The remains and artifacts contained in the tomb point to the transitional Tesinian civilization. By Min Chen, Jan 16, 2023
Archaeology German Researchers Used Neutrons to Peek Inside an 800-Year-Old Amulet—and Discovered Tiny Bones Using neutron imaging technology, researchers have detected the contents of a medieval pendant, discovered in 2008. By Min Chen, Jan 11, 2023
Archaeology French Archaeologists Make ‘Unprecedented Discovery’ of What May Be the Remains of a Roman-Era Mausoleum The apparent funerary monument was unearthed in Néris-les-Bains, a Roman colony in the 1st century C.E. By Min Chen, Jan 9, 2023
Archaeology English Quarry Workers Have Struck Elizabethan-History-Lover’s Gold With the Discovery of a Rare 16th-Century Ship The wreck has been remarkably preserved by sediment. By Min Chen, Jan 6, 2023
