Archaeology
World’s Oldest Shipwreck May Have Been Found — 4,700 Years Old
A wooden cargo vessel discovered in the sheltered waters off Kekova Island, Turkey has been dated to between 4,400 and 4,700 years old, making it a strong contender for the world's oldest…
Karahantepe’s 11,000-Year-Old Carvings Are Rewriting Stone Age History
A cluster of Stone Age sites in southeastern Turkey — including Karahantepe and Göbekli Tepe — has produced sky burials,…
9 Biggest Myths About Archaeology on TV That Dig Finally Gets Right
From treasure-hunting heroes to Egypt-only settings, Hollywood has long distorted how archaeology really works. Peacock's Dig, created by Amy Poehler…
She Spent Three Weeks Digging in Greece — Here’s What No Textbook Teaches
Aspiring archaeologist Naomi Lyon spent three weeks sieving Bronze Age soil near Pylos, Greece — and her experience reveals what…
2,000 Years Sealed in Ash: AI Is Now Reading Herculaneum’s Buried Scrolls
When Vesuvius buried Herculaneum's Villa of the Papyri in 79 AD, it carbonized roughly 1,800 scrolls into unreadable black cylinders.…
The Viking Warrior Grave Misread for 139 Years Belonged to a Woman
For 139 years, the richly furnished Viking grave Bj 581 at Birka was recorded as a high-ranking male warrior. Ancient…
Boudica Burned Roman London to Ash — and the Proof Is Still There
When the Iceni queen Boudica led her uprising against Rome, she burned Londinium so completely that a chemically distinct destruction…
9 Remarkable Facts About the Huacas de Moche Child Burial With Gold
Archaeologists at Peru's Huacas de Moche Archaeological Complex uncovered the richly furnished tomb of an 18-month-old child, complete with gold…
Khufu’s Burial Chamber Has Been Empty for 3,800 Years — No One Knows Why
The King's Chamber inside the Great Pyramid holds a lidless granite sarcophagus built for Khufu's body — and nothing else.…
Ziggurats Were Built for Gods — Ordinary People Were Never Allowed to Climb
Built from mud brick on featureless plains where altitude was an achievement, Mesopotamian ziggurats were never open to ordinary people…