Archaeology & History The Hunt: The City of Atlantis—Mystery or Plain Myth? The legendary city has been the subject of countless books, searches, and conspiracy theories. By Adnan Qiblawi, May 12, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: Where in the World Did Nefertiti Go? One archaeologist promises that her remains will be definitively identified this year. By Vittoria Benzine, May 10, 2024
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Discover a Mysterious Hidden Structure Near the Giza Pyramids The L-shaped anomaly could be the entrance to an unknown tomb. By Holly Black, May 10, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: Shakespeare’s Missing Plays Could unknown copies of "Love’s Labour’s Won" and "The History of Cardenio" still surface? By Vittoria Benzine, May 10, 2024
Archaeology & History Is This Stingray-Shaped Rock the Earliest Animal Carving Ever Discovered? The 130,000 year-old ‘sand sculpture’ found off the South African coast has surprised experts. By Verity Babbs, May 9, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: The Lost Meaning Behind the Colossal Nazca Lines The Peruvian geoglyphs depicting arachnids, monkeys birds, and more, continue to mystify. By Adnan Qiblawi, May 8, 2024
Archaeology & History Ancient Scrolls Reveal Plato’s Final Resting Place Researchers also honed in on the year Plato was sold into slavery. By Richard Whiddington, May 8, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: Leonardo da Vinci’s Fabled Lost Mural Is it lying in wait to be discovered behind a fake wall, or did the artist abandon it before he even really started? By Brian Boucher, May 7, 2024
Archaeology & History 250-Year-Old Bottles of Cherry Liqueur Unearthed at George Washington’s Home The vessels and liquid remain intact, with scents of cherry blossom. By Verity Babbs, May 6, 2024
Archaeology & History Stunningly Preserved Ancient Roman Glassware Turns Up in a French Burial Site The glass artifacts date from when the town was the Roman settlement known as Nemausus. By Verity Babbs, May 5, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: An Imperial Family’s Fabergé Eggs, Still at Large Fabergé’s bejeweled Easter eggs became a symbol of Russian autocracy. Then came the revolution. By Tim Brinkhof, May 5, 2024
Archaeology & History Is This 2,500-Year-Old Bronze Lamp a Cult Object? The Etruscan object was first discovered in 1840. By Verity Babbs, May 3, 2024
Archaeology & History The Hunt: El Dorado, Fabled City of Gold, Remains Hidden in the Amazon Centuries have seen countless explorers brave hardships to find the fabled city. By Brian Boucher, May 2, 2024
Archaeology & History Were Stonehenge’s Builders Inspired by the Moon? The notion that the moon’s movement was built into Stonehenge’s layout has long been a subject of academic debate. By Richard Whiddington, May 1, 2024
Art World A 3,400-Year-Old Bust of Ramses II Returns to Egypt The bust was smuggled out of the country more than 30 years ago, according to Egypt’s antiquities ministry. By Verity Babbs, Apr 25, 2024