Category: Human History
Skulls Reveal Evidence of Human Sacrifice in Egypt 5,000 Years Ago
Royal tombs at Abydos were surrounded by numerous other burials. In the 1920s, an Egyptologist questioned whether all...
This 2,100-Year-Old Shipwreck Carried 6,511 Luxury Dishes—and They’re Somehow Still Intact
Thanks to careful packing, the precious cargo remained miraculously intact for thousands of years.
South Korean Troops Thought They Found a Landmine. It Was a 600-Year-Old Gun
The exact date of the firearm is up for debate, but the discovery sets back the history of...
Archaeologists Found 4 Nazca Mummies in the Wrong Place. It Could Turn the Story of an Ancient Empire ‘Upside Down’
Northern Arizona University, working with Peru’s Ministry of Culture, has uncovered four pristine mummies that could upend the...
Being an Anglo-Saxon Expat in Medieval Rome Came With a Rare Papal Perk
There was a "miniature Anglo-Saxon town" between the Vatican and the Tiber River.
Scientists Once Calculated the Date of Doomsday—and It’s Next Month
In 1960, the journal Science published an article in which scientists predicted doomsday would arrive on Friday, November...
Discovery of Stone Tools in China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago
Archaeologists working in the Shangchen region of China have uncovered dozens of stone tools, the oldest of which...
Ancient Greeks Built a Harbor on Top of a Fault Line. It Didn’t End Well
In an incredible engineering feat, ancient Greeks carved a coastline to suit their economic and military needs. The...
Humans Didn’t Evolve From a Single Ancestral Population
In the 1980s, scientists learned that all humans living today are descended from a woman, dubbed “Mitochondrial Eve,”...
Nazi Germany Couldn’t Have Built a Working Reactor, Let Alone a Bomb, Study Finds
Contrary to historical documents, Nazi Germany’s nuclear program was far from achieving criticality.
