THE bones of a long-extinct human ancestor have been dredged up from the seafloor, just off the coast of what is now known as Indonesia.The discovery reveals a...
LONG lost tattoos have been discovered on the face of an 800-year-old South American woman whose remains were donated to an Italian museum nearly a century ago....
A MYSTERIOUS bucket found at Sutton Hoo in 1986 was stuffed with the remains of a dead VIP, archaeologists believe.This “bucket of death”;; contains the cremate...
The Amazon is one of the planet’s last great wildernesses, stretching across nine countries in South America. It has been a source of mystery and legends for ce...
A NEW dog-sized dinosaur species that roamed the Earth 220 million years ago has been discovered.The Maleriraptor kuttyiis thought to be one of the earliest kil...
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed ruins from a hidden ancient palace which housed popes for centuries before the Vatican was established.The discoveries give a rare...
THE eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago is largely considered to be one of the worst in history â incinerating or suffocating thousands of peopl...
A TOWERING mountain that rises suddenly from the flat Amazon rainforest is cloaked in mystery.Cerro el Cono, the steep pyramid-shaped rock, stands tall and alon...
THE mystery of a robust ancient jawbone with large teeth and what species it belongs to has baffled scientists since it was dredged up in the 2000s. But in a ne...
IT was an ordinary day when Mount Vesuvius plastered nearby towns in thick volcanic ash 2,000 years ago. A treasure trove of objects was buried, each giving an...
AN ANCIENT sword engraved with swastikas and forged long before Jesus walked the Earth has been discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis. Uncovered intact in...
A MYSTERIOUS giant pink door has been discovered inside a 4,400-year-old tomb, and it’s thought to lead directly to the underworld. The entrance was found at th...
