Category: Human History
Boston Tea Party Relic on Display for Decades Is Something Else Entirely
The findings don’t devalue the artifact’s significance, but the story behind it is much different from what we...
Archaeologists Think a 2,400-Year-Old Grave Belongs to an Ancient Greek Wrestler
Researchers will have to take a closer look to find stronger evidence, but the findings offer a rare...
Archaeologists Thought a Mass Grave of 79 Shackled Men Held Foreign Invaders. They Were Wrong
The 2,600-year-old burial dates back to a time period when Athens was grappling with the beginnings of its...
Turns Out Ancient Rome Took Tax Fraud Very Seriously
New stone fragments discovered in Turkey turned out to be the missing parts of a decree detailing a...
Free Divers Thought They Found a Weird Rock. It Was a 2,100-Year-Old Roman Shipwreck
“This is one of the most important underwater archaeological discoveries of recent years.”
‘Ramps’ Near Egypt’s Red Pyramid Might Actually Be Ancient Dams
If the new interpretation is correct, it means ancient Egyptians were far better at water management than we...
Archaeologists Thought This Was a Roman Temple. It Might Actually Be a 1,700-Year-Old Library
Using an innovative approach, scientists reevaluated a room thought to be a cult shrine, finding more evidence that...
Chilean Mummies Prove Europeans Brought Smallpox to the Americas—But That’s Not All
"Nobody would ever question that smallpox came to this hemisphere from colonization, but this proves it."
Archaeologists Thought This 10,000-Year-Old Temple Belonged to a ‘Skull Cult.’ They Were Wrong
The villagers of Göbekli Tepe likely didn't belong to a creepy skull cult—although a fascination with skulls definitely...
Ancient Parisians Torched Their Own City to Stop Caesar. Archaeologists May Have Found the Scorch Marks
For over two millennia, the ancient settlement of Lutetia bore witness to the city that became Paris. But...
