4000 years of horror and love
TERROR is timeless: Grasped within its mother’s protective embrace, this child perished under rock and mud. Their final moments have been preserved for 4000 years.
Archaeology
Battleship Hood’s bell recovered
THE bells rang out action stations on the morning of May 24, 1941. Soon after, HMS Hood — and 1415 men — was on the seabed. Now billionaire Paul Allen has recovered one of those bells.
Mystery of the ancient monolith
A 12-METRE monolith, hacked out of limestone by stone-age humans some nine thousand years ago, has been found at the bottom of the Mediterranean.
Lost city may be home of Goliath
IT was an Iron Age city. It had a monumental fortified gate. But are the ruins now being excavated in Israel that of the lost city of Gath — the home of biblical giant Goliath?
Family’s million-dollar sunken treasure
A TREASURE hunting family in the US have found $1.4 million worth of gold and coins in a Spanish shipwreck submerged for 300 years.
Mystery of the Stonehenge teen
A 4000-year-old teenager has been unearthed in a ceremonial site near Stonehenge — clenched tightly in the foetal position and wearing an amber necklace.
Siberian ‘warrior child’ unwrapped
A CHILD warrior from a forgotten medieval world has been unearthed from Siberia’s permafrost, providing a glimpse of a strange new civilisation.
Golden enigma: What are these spirals?
ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Denmark have made a remarkable yet baffling discovery: almost 2000 tiny gold spirals dating from the Bronze Age.
Catch of the year: Fossilised fish on Aussie farm
THE discovery of a 100 million-year-old fossilised fish in the centre of Australia is being celebrated as the catch of the year. And it has left scientists stunned.
‘Sunken treasure’ an embarrassing mistake
HE got the world’s attention by claiming to have solved a 300-year-old mystery. But an adventurer’s “treasure” has turned out to be anything but.
Mayan pyramid one of world’s biggest
FIVE years after its discovery, excavations of a Mayan pyramid in Mexico have revealed it to be among the largest yet found.
Notes reveal rare glimpse into ancient life
THEY’RE just two castaway scraps holding scribbled notes. But they’re on papyrus from ancient Egypt and prove the more things change, the more we stay the same.
There will be no more pyramids
ISLAMIC State has launched a bold new attack on Egypt. And militants have made their attitude to the pyramids and Great sphinx clear: They must be destroyed.
New dinosaur found in university storeroom
FORGET digging in the dirt, all you have to do to discover a new species of dinosaur is open a storeroom at a South African university.
Meet the real Wonder Woman
THINK the warrior-women of Game of Thrones kick ass? Wistful for Wonder Woman’s return? A little ancient jar shows they hold nothing over the real thing.
Archaeologists to go ‘commando’
A GROUP of ‘commando’ archaeologists is being formed to raid deep into Iraq, Syria and Libya to snatch priceless artefacts from the jaws of destruction.
Ancient pot linked to King David
A 3000-year-old pot carrying the name of one of King David’s rivals has sent ripples of excitement through Israel as new, rare evidence of the biblical story’s authenticity.
Terrified boy frozen in time forever
THE earth shook. The air burned to 300C. A terrified little boy scrambled for the safety of his mother’s lap. Now, more than 2000 on later, he’s emerged.
Treasures of Xanadu uncovered
XANADU: It’s a name up there with Atlantis when it comes to exotic, mystic cities. But we know where this one is — and now it’s being excavated.
Is this the world’s first murder victim?
A SKULL pieced together from 52 fragments found inside the Spanish “Pit of Bones” could be the world’s first murder victim — at the ripe old age of 430,000-years-old.
Stone tools predating earliest humans discovered
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed an assortment of 3.3 million-year-old stone tools that have been linked to our apelike ancestors.
Lost temple emerges from quarry
ARCHAEOLOGISTS knew the 3300 year-old temple existed: It was marked on an old map. But where? Finally, they’ve found it — at the bottom of an enormous quarry.
Egyptian gods tomb found
HE was the king of kings, the god of gods – before being torn into 14 pieces. Now archaeologists believe they have found a “tomb” of the Egyptian supreme deity, Osiris.
King Tut unmasked: Hes no pretty boy
THE golden boy of history wasn’t as pretty as you may think: Behind Tutankhamun’s elaborate death mask was a sick, crippled and deformed product of incest.
Mud threatens Amphipolis tomb
THE excavation of the enormous Amphipolis tomb in northern Greece opened a window to our ancient past. Now austerity budgets and wild weather are threatening to bury it again.
Enormous new terracotta army find
CHINA’s famous terracotta army is about to be reinforced: Fresh excavations on a burial pit in the ancient capital, Xi’an are expected to uncover 1500 life-size figurines.
Ancient mummy found in the garbage
THE preserved remains of a Peruvian mummy have been found by shocked street sweepers outside an archaeological site.
250-year-old sex toy found in toilet
A LARGE leather sex toy dating back to the 18th century has been found in an ancient bathroom by archaeologists in Poland.
Oldest human bones unearthed
ITALIAN scientists who first found the intact bones 20 years ago have finally unearthed one of the oldest-ever Neanderthal skeletons.
Huge underground city unearthed
A LABYRINTH of tunnels the size of 65 football fields discovered under the volcanic rock of Turkey may be the world’s largest underground city.
New clues point to Christ’s tomb
A GEOLOGIST has reignited the debate over the location of Jesus Christ’s tomb by saying he has “virtually unequivocal evidence” of its location.
There’s a ‘new’ restrictive paleo diet
SCIENTISTS studying the bones of an ancient skeleton in Washington state have discovered cavemen might not have been eating what we think of as a paleo diet after all.
Burial site found under university
IT’S an incredible find. A huge cemetery, with remains from over a thousand people, has been found underneath one of the world’s most prestigious universities.
Dark Ages recipe that could save us all
A REVOLTING, ancient treatment from the 10th Century is being touted as more effective against antibiotic-resistant infections than contemporary medicine.
Were vikings really just big softies?
A NEW study of the genes that made Britain suggests Vikings did not live up to their reputation as violent sex-mad marauders.
The terrifying reptile that predates dinosaurs
SCIENTISTS have located the remains of crocodilian ancestor that predates dinosaurs. Find out what makes this predator so scary.
Fascinating new Stonehenge theory
APPARENTLY, we’ve been thinking about Stonehenge the wrong way this whole time. There’s an intriguing new theory that approaches the mysterious site from a different perspective.
Priceless find after 80 years in a drawer
A PRICELESS cache of 2500-year-old Greek and Roman coins have been kept in a university library’s archives tray “undiscovered” for 80 years.
Finding Genghis Khan’s forbidden tomb
GENGHIS Khan really, really didn’t want his body to be found. But now the 800-year-old murderous wall of deception he built up around his final resting place is starting to crumble.
Genghis Khan’s forbidden tomb
GENGHIS Khan really, really didn’t want his body to be found. But now the 800-year-old, murderous wall of deception he built is starting to crumble.
Egypt unearths 3000-year-old tomb
A NEW tomb has been discovered in Egypt dating back to the New Kingdom of the 18th Dynasty.
Microsoft exec’s amazing discovery
HE’S got $17.5 billion and time to spare. So how does a former Microsoft co-founder get his kicks? Find the long-lost wreck of the world’s biggest battleship, of course.
Legendary lost city’s mystic remains
A MYSTERIOUS culture. A lost city. Archaeologists don’t even have a name for the people of the monkey god. But their legacy has just been discovered deep in a rainforest.
Buddha’s amazing secret exposed
FOR centuries, the golden glow of a life-size statue of Buddha has given followers a feeling of serenity. Now a CAT scan has revealed what lies within.
Freakosaurus: why dinosaurs were all on drugs
FORGET Woodstock. The earliest usage of psychedelics may have begun with the dinosaurs. That’s right, dinosaurs on LSD. Awesome.
Storm uncovers huge treasure trove
DIVERS have found an enormous treasure trove of gold coins after a powerful storm, and more is believed to lie beneath the shifting sands.
5800-year-old couple found spooning
THEY were discovered exactly as they died nearly six thousand years ago—a couple believed to be in their twenties locked in a tight embrace.
$19.5 million discovery in library book
YOU don’t expect to find something like this at your local library. An archivist has stumbled across a famous document – and hit a historical jackpot.
New discovery on world’s first tattoos
NEW tattoos found on a prehistoric mummy have reopened the debate about the role of tattoos in prehistoric times.
Skull holds clue to Neanderthal sex
AN ANCIENT skull found in a cave that was sealed off for 30,000 years reveals the likely location where humans first started having sex with Neanderthals.
Meditating mummy perfectly preserved
THESE are the amazingly intact remains of a meditating monk that have sat undiscovered in Mongolia since sometime in the 1800s.
Grisly tools inside a pirate ship
AMONG the world’s most infamous pirate ship wreckage, archaeologists are making some chilling discoveries. Guess what this pointy thing does.
See King Tut’s crack up close and personal
YOU’VE heard the reports, now see the pictures of Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s crusty crack after the 3300-year-old relic was hastily glued back together.
Has the oldest gospel been found?
THE oldest known fragment of a Christian gospel may have been found glued inside an Egyptian mummy’s mask. Experts believe it dates from just 60 years after Christ’s death.
Murder mystery solved … 700 years on
THE mysterious death of the ruler of Verona hundreds of years ago may have finally been solved — and let’s just say the scientists got the scoop in a rather unusual way …
Ancient ‘magical’ amulet baffles
THIS intriguing amulet dating back about 1500 years bears a 59-letter inscription that reads the same way backward and forward. So why does it have archaeologists buzzing?
Amateurs unearth buried treasure worth millions
ANCIENT coins worth almost $2 million have been found by a group of amateur treasure hunters armed with just metal detectors.
Mystery tomb revealing its secrets
BOLD sphinxes. Enticing nymphs. A menacing rape-scene mosaic. The evidence is mounting: We may soon know who lies beneath the mysterious Amphipolis mound.
Uncovering a country’s mass graves
THIS skull belongs to a 19-year-old who went missing in 1950. The story of his murder is all too familiar. All over Spain, mass graves are finally being uncovered.
Stonehenge find derails tunnel plan
THE most ancient discovery at Stonehenge may turn our understanding of the monument on its head — and halt a multi-billion dollar tourist tunnel project.
Is this mystery skeleton a sporting legend?
THE secret grave of one of the most famous sporting heros in history may have been unearthed by archaeologists in the backyard of a king.
Ancient sands reveal million mummies
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered an ancient cemetery with more than a million mummies buried around 1500 years ago – but where did they come from?
Hunt on for ‘magic’ medieval swords
KING Arthur had one: A medieval sword so strong it was deemed magical. Some have survived to this day. Now we have any inkling of how and where they were forged.
New link to King Tut’s death mask
BEADS discovered on the other side of the world from Egypt have been linked to King Tut’s death mask. The revelation has historians very intrigued.
Rare, mystical treasure unearthed
IT was an incredible find: 70,000 ancient Celtic coins unearthed on an island off the coast of Britain. But now the loot is revealing even greater treasures.
The mummy of Minirdis
THE lid has been opened on a coffin holding the 2500-year-old mummified remains of an Egyptian boy. So what’s his story?
Daring mission to steal ancient secrets
THEY scaled the side of a Dead Sea cliff to slip inside the Cave of Skulls and steal the biblical scrolls. But all did not go as planned.
Simple find ‘rewrites history’
AN AUSSIE researcher has stumbled across a shell that could ‘rewrite human history’, as it changes everything we thought we knew about our ancestors.
Royal mystery: Queen may not be queen after all
REMEMBER when they found the body of King Richard III buried under a car park? His DNA has big implications for the royal family.
Poland’s vampire graves explained
IT’S a gruesome sight: Medieval skeletons with iron scythes and rocks cutting into their throats. Now archaeologists know who, and why.
Ancient coins found in mystery tomb
COINS featuring the face of Alexander the Great have been found at the largest tomb ever unearthed in Greece. The hunt is on for clues to determine who lies buried there.
Ancient computer tells us its age
THE world’s oldest computer — the Antikythera Mechanism — has been found to be older than we thought, placing it squarely in the age of history’s greatest minds.
Ancient settlement found underwater
RESEARCHERS knew there were ruins of some sort in the shallow waters near a Greek island. But little did they realise the extent of what they would find below.
Museum bones ‘are new dino species’
SCIENTISTS have found the bones of a new species of dinosaur, a horned plant-eater the size of a buffalo that roamed Earth 75 million years ago.
Ancient book of spells unlocked
WANT to win a heart? Got a ghost to get rid of? What about a persistent infection? A recently deciphered ancient Egyptian codex has a spell for that.
Is skeleton Alexander the Great’s mum?
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are hoping that a skeleton found in ancient Greece’s biggest burial mound will reveal the mystery of who is buried there.
Skull belongs to a prehistoric freak
SCIENTISTS were looking for something else when they peered into a slab of sandstone. What they found was an enormous freak that walked with dinosaurs.
Mystery code hidden in ancient idol
IT’S older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids combined, and its hidden message could shake the world. So what exactly is the Shigir Idol?
Ancient code gives up its secrets
IT’S one of history’s greatest mysteries: A 4000-year-old clay disc covered in spirals of enigmatic writing. Now scientists think they have extracted key words.
Ancient tunnel’s hidden secrets
IT was sealed 2000 years ago, but researchers have finally reached the end of this tunnel. What they’ve found will unlock sacred secrets buried long ago.
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