Archaeology Finds

Marine microbes point to ancient seawater source beneath Antarctica's Blood Falls

Ancient seawater discovered trapped beneath Antarctic glacier for thousands of years.

Stomach stone hypothesis sheds light on the evolution of dinosaur digestive systems

Stones in dinosaur bellies reveal how different species digested food over 66 million years ago.

New museum find shows nature can't stop inventing seahorses

3 new fish species sat unnoticed in museum drawers for 65 years before scientists revealed they

Laid to rest with care: Ancient infants, perhaps twins, found in 1,200-year-old latrine

Two babies buried 1,200 years ago in an abandoned toilet were cherished, not discarded.

Moonlight-like fur and feathers may explain Egyptian god Thoth's two animal forms

12 museum specimens helped solve a 3,000-year-old Egyptian puzzle.

Sensor-embedded 3D-printed repairs could help preserve ancient pottery

Researchers can now 3D-print repairs for 1,000-year-old pottery that also watch over the artifact

Scientists found two mysterious ‘ghost’ ancestors hiding in our DNA

Two mysterious ancestors left DNA in all modern humans, one dating back 800,000 years.

Before Life Existed, Chemistry Was Already Learning to Matter

Chemistry was already getting smarter before living things appeared.

Lichen-like life 600 million years ago may push back origins of fungal-algal partnerships

Ancient fossils reveal fungi-algae partnerships existed 600 million years ago.

Cretaceous beetle fossil reveals early evolution of firefly sensory and signaling systems

A 100-million-year-old beetle fossil preserves antennae AND light organs together for the first

Experts survey the glacier ice on Mount Ararat for the first time

Scientists just surveyed Turkey's highest mountain glacier for the first time.

Diego Rivera claimed his mural Creation was half wax, but chemical forensics says otherwise

Diego Rivera claimed his famous mural was half beeswax. It contains zero.

Ancient Rome's food shortages were shaped more by logistics than climate

Trade networks, not weather, kept Rome fed

Mammoth bones found on parched bed of Danube in Bulgaria

Ancient woolly mammoth bones surface after Danube hits record low.

Ancient Chinese seeds spanning 5,000 years train AI to ease archaeology's specialist bottleneck

An AI system spots ancient plant seeds as well as human experts who spent years learning.

Buried Roman workshop reveals large-scale pottery trade beyond local markets

100 kilns may lie buried at a Roman pottery site in Austria, one of the largest known.

Before North and South America were connected, their mammals found a way to intermingle

Mammals crossed between Americas 10 million years ago, not 3 million.

Amazonian 'zombie' fungus harbors a hidden stage inside forest mosses, new study reveals

The zombie-ant fungus lives secretly inside mosses, not just insects.

This 4,000-year-old city defied the rules of history

Unlike most ancient cities, Mohenjo-daro got more equal as it grew bigger.

Scientists found evolution repeating itself in the Galápagos Islands

Plants solved the same problem 5+ times using different genes.