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A Man In Chile Just Returned A Stolen Piece Of The Parthenon — Only To Learn It Was Actually From An Even Older Greek Temple

Enrico Tosti-Croce long believed the piece of marble his father brought back from the Acropolis of Athens in the 1930s was from the Parthenon, but experts say it's part of the Hekatompedon, which was built a century earlier.

By Ainsley Brown Nov 5, 2025

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A Man In Chile Just Returned A Stolen Piece Of The Parthenon — Only To Learn It Was Actually From An Even Older Greek Temple

By Ainsley Brown November 5, 2025

2,000-Year-Old Hercules Sculpture Found In An Ancient Roman Refuse Pit On The Spanish Island Of Ibiza

This astonishingly well-preserved Hercules relic was found 23 feet deep inside a Roman garbage dump, where the anaerobic environment allowed it to remain largely intact even after two millennia.

By Kaleena Fraga Nov 5, 2025

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2,000-Year-Old Hercules Sculpture Found In An Ancient Roman Refuse Pit On The Spanish Island Of Ibiza

This astonishingly well-preserved Hercules relic was found 23 feet deep inside a Roman garbage dump, where the anaerobic environment allowed it to remain largely intact even after two millennia.

By Kaleena Fraga November 5, 2025

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In 1942, Paleontologists Uncovered What They Thought Was A Juvenile T. Rex. Now It’s Been Identified As An Entirely Different ‘Mini Tyrannosaur’ Species

Nanotyrannus lancensis was half the height of a Tyrannosaurus rex and just one-tenth of its body mass, leading it to be misidentified as a "teen rex" on multiple occasions.

By Ainsley Brown Nov 4, 2025

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In 1942, Paleontologists Uncovered What They Thought Was A Juvenile T. Rex. Now It’s Been Identified As An Entirely Different ‘Mini Tyrannosaur’ Species

Nanotyrannus lancensis was half the height of a Tyrannosaurus rex and just one-tenth of its body mass, leading it to be misidentified as a "teen rex" on multiple occasions.

By Ainsley Brown November 4, 2025

Archaeologists In England Just Unearthed The Remains Of An Iron Age Teenager Who Was Likely Sacrificed By Their Celtic Tribe

Researchers suspect that this victim was a girl who was between the ages of 15 and 17 when she was tied up, executed, and tossed face down into a pit sometime in the first century B.C.E.

By Austin Harvey Nov 4, 2025

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Archaeologists In England Just Unearthed The Remains Of An Iron Age Teenager Who Was Likely Sacrificed By Their Celtic Tribe

Researchers suspect that this victim was a girl who was between the ages of 15 and 17 when she was tied up, executed, and tossed face down into a pit sometime in the first century B.C.E.

By Austin Harvey November 4, 2025

A Sprawling Ancient Burial Ground Where The Dead Were Ritualistically Cremated Has Been Discovered In France

The site near the ancient city of Olbia in southern France contains evidence of funeral pyres, cremated remains, and a "libation" channel for liquid offerings to the dead.

By Kaleena Fraga Nov 3, 2025

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A Sprawling Ancient Burial Ground Where The Dead Were Ritualistically Cremated Has Been Discovered In France

The site near the ancient city of Olbia in southern France contains evidence of funeral pyres, cremated remains, and a "libation" channel for liquid offerings to the dead.

By Kaleena Fraga November 3, 2025

Archaeologists In Georgia Discover A Helmet And Chainmail That Are At Least 1,000 Years Old

Both artifacts were uncovered at Rustavi Fortress, and they're the first medieval objects of their kind found in the South Caucasus region.

By Ainsley Brown Nov 3, 2025

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Archaeologists In Georgia Discover A Helmet And Chainmail That Are At Least 1,000 Years Old

Both artifacts were uncovered at Rustavi Fortress, and they're the first medieval objects of their kind found in the South Caucasus region.

By Ainsley Brown November 3, 2025

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Researchers In Germany Just Found A Hidden Engraving On The Ornate Sword Of A Renaissance Nobleman

Forged circa 1558, this sword was a type of elite weapon known as a degen that was reserved only for the upper class.

By Ainsley Brown Oct 30, 2025

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Researchers In Germany Just Found A Hidden Engraving On The Ornate Sword Of A Renaissance Nobleman

Forged circa 1558, this sword was a type of elite weapon known as a degen that was reserved only for the upper class.

By Ainsley Brown October 30, 2025

This 3,500-Year-Old Disposable Cup Shows Ancient Humans Weren’t Too Green, Either

"We are doing what human beings have always done but we are doing it on an unprecedented scale with materials that are going to take hundreds, if not thousands of years, to biodegrade."

By Marco Margaritoff Oct 30, 2025

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This 3,500-Year-Old Disposable Cup Shows Ancient Humans Weren’t Too Green, Either

"We are doing what human beings have always done but we are doing it on an unprecedented scale with materials that are going to take hundreds, if not thousands of years, to biodegrade."

By Marco Margaritoff October 30, 2025