What would an ancient Egyptian corpse have smelled like? Pine, balsam and bitumen –...
In 1900 – some 22 years before he discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen – British archaeologist Howard Carter opened another tomb in the Valley...
How our ancestors barely escaped extinction
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery that helps us understand a mysterious period in our past.
They found out that there was a time when...
A surprising stone age discovery in Norway
Archaeologists recently dug up something amazing in Vinjeøra, a place in southern Trøndelag County, Norway.
Before they began, Archaeologist Silje Elisabeth Fretheim made a fun...
Ancient cauldrons reveal 5,000-year-old menu
Ever wondered what people ate thousands of years ago? Well, scientists have just found some cool clues in really old cooking pots!
A group of...
This bronze age arrowhead was made out of a meteorite
It’s sometimes hard to remember that meteorites have been hitting our planets for millions of years.
And some of them are made of valuable materials...
Scientists discover 2,000-year-old Roman house in Malta
A group of scientists and students from the University of South Florida have made an exciting find in the country of Malta, located in...
How hidden details in ancient Egyptian tomb paintings are revealed by chemical imaging
The walls of ancient Egyptian tombs can teach us much about the lives of the pharaohs and their entourages.
Tomb paintings showed the deceased and...
Scientists discover incredible artifacts at ancient Israeli Synagogue
A team of researchers led by University of North Carolina's Professor Jodi Magness, and Dennis Mizzi from the University of Malta, recently made an...
Why the day on Earth was 19.5 hours long for over a billion years
Scientists from the University of Toronto have found out something amazing about our Earth's history - the length of our days hasn't always been...
The female hunter: Rewriting the history of hunting and gathering
Have you ever heard that in ancient societies, men were the hunters and women were the gatherers?
This idea says that while men hunted for...