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Archaeologists Uncover The Oldest Vanilla Pod Ever Found In Europe In A Rubbish Pile At Prague Castle

Dated to between 1513 and 1666, this vanilla pod unearthed at Vladislav Hall is rewriting historians' understanding of when vanilla first arrived in Europe.

By Amber Morgan • Apr 1, 2025

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Archaeologists Uncover The Oldest Vanilla Pod Ever Found In Europe In A Rubbish Pile At Prague Castle

Dated to between 1513 and 1666, this vanilla pod unearthed at Vladislav Hall is rewriting historians' understanding of when vanilla first arrived in Europe.

By Amber Morgan • April 1, 2025

Researchers Reconstruct The Face Of A 3,600-Year-Old Woman From Ancient Japan Using Her Molar

Thanks to modern-day genome sequencing technology, we now know more about Japan's ancient world than ever before — and all because of a tooth.

By Marco Margaritoff • Apr 1, 2025

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Researchers Reconstruct The Face Of A 3,600-Year-Old Woman From Ancient Japan Using Her Molar

Thanks to modern-day genome sequencing technology, we now know more about Japan's ancient world than ever before — and all because of a tooth.

By Marco Margaritoff • April 1, 2025

Excavations Inside A Texas Cave Reveal A 6,000-Year-Old Hunting Kit, Possibly The Oldest Ever Found In North America

An ancient hunting kit found deep within San Esteban Rockshelter at Big Bend National Park in Texas may be the oldest intact weapon system ever found in North America.

By Amber Morgan • Mar 31, 2025

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Excavations Inside A Texas Cave Reveal A 6,000-Year-Old Hunting Kit, Possibly The Oldest Ever Found In North America

An ancient hunting kit found deep within San Esteban Rockshelter at Big Bend National Park in Texas may be the oldest intact weapon system ever found in North America.

By Amber Morgan • March 31, 2025

Researchers Illuminate The Mysteries Behind Roman-Era Sacrifices Of At Least 140 Dogs In A Quarry Pit In England

Found at the Nescot archaeological site in 2015, these largely corgi-like canines were believed to have been ritually killed in various ceremonies, likely in honor of deities such as Pluto, god of the underworld, and Hecate, goddess of witchcraft and the Moon.

By Austin Harvey • Mar 31, 2025

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Researchers Illuminate The Mysteries Behind Roman-Era Sacrifices Of At Least 140 Dogs In A Quarry Pit In England

Found at the Nescot archaeological site in 2015, these largely corgi-like canines were believed to have been ritually killed in various ceremonies, likely in honor of deities such as Pluto, god of the underworld, and Hecate, goddess of witchcraft and the Moon.

By Austin Harvey • March 31, 2025

Meet The ‘Reaper Of Death,’ Tyrannosaurus Rex’s Older Cousin That Was Discovered In Canada

Thanatotheristes degrootorum, "Reaper of Death" in Greek, is a tyrannosaur that lived about 79 million years ago, which pushes the tyrannosaur family's history back by about 10 million years.

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 31, 2025

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Meet The ‘Reaper Of Death,’ Tyrannosaurus Rex’s Older Cousin That Was Discovered In Canada

Thanatotheristes degrootorum, "Reaper of Death" in Greek, is a tyrannosaur that lived about 79 million years ago, which pushes the tyrannosaur family's history back by about 10 million years.

By Marco Margaritoff • March 31, 2025

Declassified Documents Reveal That The CIA Used A Psychic To Try To Find The Lost Ark Of The Covenant

On December 5, 1988, a CIA psychic known only as viewer #32 used a "remote viewing" technique to visualize the location of the Ark of the Covenant.

By Amber Morgan • Mar 28, 2025

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Declassified Documents Reveal That The CIA Used A Psychic To Try To Find The Lost Ark Of The Covenant

On December 5, 1988, a CIA psychic known only as viewer #32 used a "remote viewing" technique to visualize the location of the Ark of the Covenant.

By Amber Morgan • March 28, 2025

99-Million-Year-Old Parasitic Wasp With A ‘Venus Flytrap’ Abdomen Found Preserved In Amber

At first glance, Sirenobethylus charybdis may look like a wasp you'd see today — but a closer look reveals a horrifying "grasping apparatus."

By Austin Harvey • Mar 28, 2025

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99-Million-Year-Old Parasitic Wasp With A ‘Venus Flytrap’ Abdomen Found Preserved In Amber

At first glance, Sirenobethylus charybdis may look like a wasp you'd see today — but a closer look reveals a horrifying "grasping apparatus."

By Austin Harvey • March 28, 2025

2,100-Year-Old Mass Grave Filled With Brutally Dismembered Han Warriors Found Near The Great Wall Of China

This grisly burial pit uncovered in southern Mongolia holds the remains of roughly two dozen warriors who were violently executed during the Han-Xiongnu Wars in the second century B.C.E.

By Kaleena Fraga • Mar 28, 2025

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2,100-Year-Old Mass Grave Filled With Brutally Dismembered Han Warriors Found Near The Great Wall Of China

This grisly burial pit uncovered in southern Mongolia holds the remains of roughly two dozen warriors who were violently executed during the Han-Xiongnu Wars in the second century B.C.E.

By Kaleena Fraga • March 28, 2025

Reindeer Herders Stumble Upon 10,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Skeleton With Ligaments Intact

Researchers have already retrieved part of the mammoth's pelt and are hoping to find bits of preserved brain in its skull.

By Natasha Ishak • Mar 28, 2025

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Reindeer Herders Stumble Upon 10,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Skeleton With Ligaments Intact

Researchers have already retrieved part of the mammoth's pelt and are hoping to find bits of preserved brain in its skull.

By Natasha Ishak • March 28, 2025

Christopher Columbus Claimed He Encountered Marauding Tribes Of Cannibals — And It Might Actually Be True

By analyzing 103 skulls of early Caribbean inhabitants, experts were able to reassess when and where they settled — lent credence to Columbus' infamous tales of cannibalism.

By Marco Margaritoff • Mar 28, 2025

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Christopher Columbus Claimed He Encountered Marauding Tribes Of Cannibals — And It Might Actually Be True

By analyzing 103 skulls of early Caribbean inhabitants, experts were able to reassess when and where they settled — lent credence to Columbus' infamous tales of cannibalism.

By Marco Margaritoff • March 28, 2025