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19th-Century South African Rock Art May Depict A Long-Extinct ‘Horned Serpent’

The San artists who painted the image may have been inspired by dicynodont fossils, making them some of the earliest paleontologists.

By Austin Harvey • Oct 2, 2025

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19th-Century South African Rock Art May Depict A Long-Extinct ‘Horned Serpent’

The San artists who painted the image may have been inspired by dicynodont fossils, making them some of the earliest paleontologists.

By Austin Harvey • October 2, 2025

Archaeologists In Boston Are Uncovering The Neighborhood That Was Destroyed During The Battle Of Bunker Hill

Archaeologists have unearthed everything from pottery workshops to cannonballs to a tavern so rife with artifacts frozen in time that experts are calling it "Boston's very own Pompeii."

By Ainsley Brown • Oct 2, 2025

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Archaeologists In Boston Are Uncovering The Neighborhood That Was Destroyed During The Battle Of Bunker Hill

Archaeologists have unearthed everything from pottery workshops to cannonballs to a tavern so rife with artifacts frozen in time that experts are calling it "Boston's very own Pompeii."

By Ainsley Brown • October 2, 2025

Archaeologists In The Czech Republic Found An Ice Age Hunter’s Toolkit Dating Back 30,000 Years

The intact set of 29 blades and points was likely once carried in a leather pouch that disintegrated long ago.

By Austin Harvey • Oct 1, 2025

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Archaeologists In The Czech Republic Found An Ice Age Hunter’s Toolkit Dating Back 30,000 Years

The intact set of 29 blades and points was likely once carried in a leather pouch that disintegrated long ago.

By Austin Harvey • October 1, 2025

Archaeologists In Russia Just Unearthed A 2,200-Year-Old Piece Of A Greek Satyr Mask

Found at the ruins of the Greek city of Phanagoria, this terracotta mask fragment still shows stunning details from the second century B.C.E., including a perforation that would have held the strap used to secure the mask as well as blue paint around the eye and red coloring in the beard.

By Ainsley Brown • Oct 1, 2025

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Archaeologists In Russia Just Unearthed A 2,200-Year-Old Piece Of A Greek Satyr Mask

Found at the ruins of the Greek city of Phanagoria, this terracotta mask fragment still shows stunning details from the second century B.C.E., including a perforation that would have held the strap used to secure the mask as well as blue paint around the eye and red coloring in the beard.

By Ainsley Brown • October 1, 2025

Researchers Discover A Mysterious New Species Of Marsupial In The ‘Cloud Forests’ Of Peru

The new animal, named Marmosa chachapoya, was found at an altitude of 8,740 feet in the Peruvian Andes.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 30, 2025

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Researchers Discover A Mysterious New Species Of Marsupial In The ‘Cloud Forests’ Of Peru

The new animal, named Marmosa chachapoya, was found at an altitude of 8,740 feet in the Peruvian Andes.

By Austin Harvey • September 30, 2025

Archaeologists Discover What Could Be The Earliest Human Settlement On The Arabian Peninsula

Known as Masyoun, this site is between 10,300 and 11,000 years old, placing it within one of the earliest phases of settlement in human history.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 30, 2025

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Archaeologists Discover What Could Be The Earliest Human Settlement On The Arabian Peninsula

Known as Masyoun, this site is between 10,300 and 11,000 years old, placing it within one of the earliest phases of settlement in human history.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 30, 2025

Paleontologists In Argentina Discover A New Prehistoric Megaraptor — With A Crocodilian Bone Still In Its Mouth

Though only 20 percent of the Joaquinraptor casali fossil was recovered, it's one of the most complete skeletons of its kind ever found.

By Ainsley Brown • Sep 29, 2025

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Paleontologists In Argentina Discover A New Prehistoric Megaraptor — With A Crocodilian Bone Still In Its Mouth

Though only 20 percent of the Joaquinraptor casali fossil was recovered, it's one of the most complete skeletons of its kind ever found.

By Ainsley Brown • September 29, 2025

A Well-Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Has Been Uncovered In Croatia

The vessel, which sank in the first or second century C.E., is around 40 feet long and was seemingly used to transport olives.

By Kaleena Fraga • Sep 29, 2025

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A Well-Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck Has Been Uncovered In Croatia

The vessel, which sank in the first or second century C.E., is around 40 feet long and was seemingly used to transport olives.

By Kaleena Fraga • September 29, 2025

Ancient Roman Mosaic Accidentally Uncovered During Fiberoptic Cable Installation Just Outside Of Rome

Clearly made by high-end craftsmen, this refined tile art is believed to have adorned the country villa of a wealthy elite in ancient Tibur.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 29, 2025

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Ancient Roman Mosaic Accidentally Uncovered During Fiberoptic Cable Installation Just Outside Of Rome

Clearly made by high-end craftsmen, this refined tile art is believed to have adorned the country villa of a wealthy elite in ancient Tibur.

By Austin Harvey • September 29, 2025

Researchers Just Identified The Oldest Known Hippopotamus Ivory Artifact Ever Found In The Iberian Peninsula

The object, which was originally excavated in 1977, dates back to the Copper Age — and it's over 4,000 years old.

By Austin Harvey • Sep 26, 2025

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Researchers Just Identified The Oldest Known Hippopotamus Ivory Artifact Ever Found In The Iberian Peninsula

The object, which was originally excavated in 1977, dates back to the Copper Age — and it's over 4,000 years old.

By Austin Harvey • September 26, 2025