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Paleontologists Just Discovered A Strange Salamander-Like Creature With A Sideways Jaw That Predated The Dinosaurs

Known as Tanyka amnicola, this three-foot lake-dweller inhabited the prehistoric supercontinent Gondwana 275 million years ago.

By Kaleena Fraga • Mar 4, 2026

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Paleontologists Just Discovered A Strange Salamander-Like Creature With A Sideways Jaw That Predated The Dinosaurs

Known as Tanyka amnicola, this three-foot lake-dweller inhabited the prehistoric supercontinent Gondwana 275 million years ago.

By Kaleena Fraga • March 4, 2026

Archaeologists In Panama Just Unearthed A Luxurious Pre-Columbian Tomb Filled With Ornate Ceramics And Gold

Tomb 3 at El Caño Archaeological Park held an elite individual surrounded by gold jewelry, elaborate pottery, and the remains of several other people.

By Cara Johnson • Mar 3, 2026

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Archaeologists In Panama Just Unearthed A Luxurious Pre-Columbian Tomb Filled With Ornate Ceramics And Gold

Tomb 3 at El Caño Archaeological Park held an elite individual surrounded by gold jewelry, elaborate pottery, and the remains of several other people.

By Cara Johnson • March 3, 2026

Ancient Greece’s Most Secretive Cult May Have Used A Psychedelic Hallucinogen For Its Rituals

Researchers have shown that participants in the rituals of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used ergot, a rye fungus that contains a precursor to LSD.

By Kaleena Fraga • Mar 2, 2026

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Ancient Greece’s Most Secretive Cult May Have Used A Psychedelic Hallucinogen For Its Rituals

Researchers have shown that participants in the rituals of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used ergot, a rye fungus that contains a precursor to LSD.

By Kaleena Fraga • March 2, 2026

A Woman In The Netherlands Inherited A Folder Of Etchings From Her Grandfather — And They Turned Out To Be A Collection Of 35 Rembrandts

When Charlotte Meyer contacted experts in Amsterdam, they were initially skeptical, but soon found that she had inherited a collection of 35 authentic Rembrandts.

By Kaleena Fraga • Feb 27, 2026

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A Woman In The Netherlands Inherited A Folder Of Etchings From Her Grandfather — And They Turned Out To Be A Collection Of 35 Rembrandts

When Charlotte Meyer contacted experts in Amsterdam, they were initially skeptical, but soon found that she had inherited a collection of 35 authentic Rembrandts.

By Kaleena Fraga • February 27, 2026

Thousands Of Artifacts From A 19th-Century Mining Town Were Unearthed In Utah During Construction At A Luxury Ski Resort

Archaeologists uncovered hats, shoe soles, china, bones, bullets, and even a full bottle of alcohol from the old mining town of Alta, which was destroyed by an avalanche in 1885.

By Cara Johnson • Feb 26, 2026

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Thousands Of Artifacts From A 19th-Century Mining Town Were Unearthed In Utah During Construction At A Luxury Ski Resort

Archaeologists uncovered hats, shoe soles, china, bones, bullets, and even a full bottle of alcohol from the old mining town of Alta, which was destroyed by an avalanche in 1885.

By Cara Johnson • February 26, 2026

An Amateur Paleontologist In Missouri Just Pulled An Enormous Mammoth Bone Out Of A Lake

Amateur paleontologist Jason Howery was surveying a lake in Nodaway County, Missouri when he suddenly saw a prehistoric mammoth femur weighing 92 pounds.

By Kaleena Fraga • Feb 25, 2026

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An Amateur Paleontologist In Missouri Just Pulled An Enormous Mammoth Bone Out Of A Lake

Amateur paleontologist Jason Howery was surveying a lake in Nodaway County, Missouri when he suddenly saw a prehistoric mammoth femur weighing 92 pounds.

By Kaleena Fraga • February 25, 2026

A Couple Walking Their Dogs On A Scottish Beach Just Happened Upon Footprints That Date Back 2,000 Years

Made by both humans and animals two millennia ago, these prints were uncovered due to shifting dunes along Lunan Bay in Angus, Scotland.

By Kaleena Fraga • Feb 23, 2026

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A Couple Walking Their Dogs On A Scottish Beach Just Happened Upon Footprints That Date Back 2,000 Years

Made by both humans and animals two millennia ago, these prints were uncovered due to shifting dunes along Lunan Bay in Angus, Scotland.

By Kaleena Fraga • February 23, 2026

The Wreck Of A Luxury Steamer That Sank In 1872 Has Been Found Intact And Upright On The Bottom Of Lake Michigan

The Lac La Belle sank off the coast of Wisconsin due to inclement weather more than 150 years ago — and it's taken shipwreck hunters decades to finally locate it.

By Kaleena Fraga • Feb 20, 2026

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The Wreck Of A Luxury Steamer That Sank In 1872 Has Been Found Intact And Upright On The Bottom Of Lake Michigan

The Lac La Belle sank off the coast of Wisconsin due to inclement weather more than 150 years ago — and it's taken shipwreck hunters decades to finally locate it.

By Kaleena Fraga • February 20, 2026

The Skeletal Remains Of 18 Nazi Soldiers Were Found In A Mass Grave In Poland

Among the dead were weapons, tools, a pocket watch, and a medal of honor for fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

By Marco Margaritoff • Feb 20, 2026

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The Skeletal Remains Of 18 Nazi Soldiers Were Found In A Mass Grave In Poland

Among the dead were weapons, tools, a pocket watch, and a medal of honor for fighting in the Spanish Civil War.

By Marco Margaritoff • February 20, 2026

Archaeologists Have Uncovered A Siberian Ice Mummy Who Underwent Jaw Surgery 2,500 Years Ago

Members of the ancient Pazyryk culture of Central Asia drilled two holes in a woman's injured jawbone and threaded it together with hair or tendon to create a "primitive prosthetic" circa 500 B.C.E.

By Cara Johnson • Feb 19, 2026

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Archaeologists Have Uncovered A Siberian Ice Mummy Who Underwent Jaw Surgery 2,500 Years Ago

Members of the ancient Pazyryk culture of Central Asia drilled two holes in a woman's injured jawbone and threaded it together with hair or tendon to create a "primitive prosthetic" circa 500 B.C.E.

By Cara Johnson • February 19, 2026