Within the shipwreck lay cannons, shoes, personal belongings, and bones of soldiers who went down with their ship.
Can anyone "own" the past?
Some bones indicate that the hunter-gatherers of the time fed dogs fish. Their remains were also treated in similar ways to those of humans in death.
The latest findings come from the first independent investigation of the Monte Verde site in 50 years—and the implications are paradigm-shifting.
An excavation spanning over 11 years is turning up valuable information about everyday life in old Egypt.
New findings challenge an “Inca-centric” view of South American history, the researchers say.
The ancient scribbles, written in Tamil, read, “Cikai Korran came here and saw.”
The discovery presents some of the oldest physical evidence that tooth-blackening trends in Vietnam have stayed consistent for a very, very long time.
Researchers revisited a 2,500-year-old mummified skull, uncovering signs of an extreme surgical procedure—which the ancient woman survived.
New research investigates the centuries-old remains of sacrificial victims recovered from volcanoes in Peru.
Indigenous Americans weathered the Ice Age with style and utility, it seems.
Seems like Europeans were playing blocking games centuries earlier than previously thought.
Archaeologists and students in England have uncovered a mass grave, which includes the remains of an exceptionally tall man with a hole in his skull.
At least they had a nice burial?
The over 2,400-year-old ceramist's stylus likely features Dionysus...and his other bits.
Mount Vesuvius preserved the ancient city's water system, including evidence of filth.
In the fourth century BCE, mysterious raiders attacked a Danish island. Now we might finally know where they came from.
Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.
Researchers used drone imagery to construct a 3D model of Rapa Nui's main moai quarry and reveal its secrets.
The Ushbati figurines were meant to work for the dead.
