Hunt for ‘underworld’ labyrinth begins
MEXICO’s mysterious Chichen Itza pyramid is about to go under the microscope, as experts examine what secrets it may contain.
MEXICO’s mysterious Chichen Itza pyramid is about to go under the microscope, as experts examine what secrets it may contain.
HE was tall. He was powerful. The Viking warrior was buried with sword, spear, shield and battle knives. There was one problem.
A SERIES of tombs dating back about 2,000 years to the time when the Romans controlled Egypt have been discovered by a team of archaeologists.
A 37000-YEAR-OLD Babylonian clay tablet mystery has been cracked by Australian researchers, revealing it is the world’s oldest and most accurate trigonometric table.
THE skull of a baby ape buried by a volcano 13 million years ago, has preserved intriguing clues about the ancestor humans shared with apes.
THE lost Roman city believed to be home to three apostles of Jesus has been uncovered, archaeologists
THE Great Pyramid of Giza could be about to give up a secret it has been hiding for more than 4,000 years thanks to mysterious chambers.
A SUNKEN World War II ship is believed to hold a chest containing Nazi gold worth hundreds of millions. And a tiny country will decide who’s allowed to access it.
WHAT you need to know about the new discovery in Australia that has global significance and changes the way we look at our history.
SCIENTISTS claim a burial tomb found in the Valley of The Kings, which is filled with 3,300-year-old secrets, might contain the King Tut’s lover.
NEW evidence has been found at an ancient rock shelter. It has big implications for the history of Australia – and the world.
UNDERWATER archaeologists have retrieved what they believe is the human remains of WWII soldiers shot down in a B-24 bomber.
THE Shroud of Turin is stained with the blood of a torture victim, according to a new study which backs up claims it was used to bury Jesus Christ.
MYSTERIOUS messages only visible at night have left archaeologists struggling to decode why our Stone Age ancestors carved them.
SCIENTISTS have brought to life the mummified remains of a woman who was one of the most powerful leaders in Peru.
A PHOTO of a man’s body, preserved after a volcanic eruption, has the typically mature internet divided over whether he died, ahem, doing what he loved.
A SPIRE of human skulls has been unearthed among the ruins of the Aztec Empire, confirming the tales of horrified Spanish Conquistadors.
A TOOTH fossil found by 5-year-old has helped spawn a controversial theory about humankind’s evolution.
BEFORE Stonehenge, an enormous timber double circle — so big it would only be seen fully from the sky — was deliberately set alight. Archaeologists have no idea why.
THE discovery of a fossil more than 50 years ago has changed everything we thought about where our forefathers came from.
SCIENTISTS say the finding has “profoundly changed” our understanding of the plesiosaurs who lived in the sea during the age of the dinosaurs.
SCIENTISTS are desperate to save the remains of a 5000-year-old highly advanced city so it can take its rightful place in history.
A SECRET map drawn from space by a NASA Astronaut has led treasure hunters to a Caribbean shipwreck site of immense significance.
HISTORIANS and archaeologists have been searching for the city of Ucetia for a long time. Now they believe they’ve found it.
A MYSTERIOUS palace dating back 2300 years has been discovered and it even had a room for sacrificing humans to the gods.
MEET Context 958. He likely lived in a charitable institution in medieval England and ate a lot of fish and meat.
RESTORERS have made some historic discoveries while resurrecting the tomb where Jesus Christ is believed to have been buried.
FOR centuries it was just a legend – a vast trove of treasure at the bottom of China’s Minjiang River. Turns out it was true.
HE gave Australia its name. He was the first to sail all its shores. Now the grave of Captain Matthew Flinders must make way for a rail bypass.
DESPERATE Templar knights. Elated Muslim soldiers. A handful of 13th century coins found in a forgotten wreck point to the final stand of Christianity in the Holy Land.
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