Cool Finds
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Necropolis Near Parisian Train Station
Residents of Lutetia buried their dead at Saint-Jacques between the first and fourth centuries C.E.
Archaeologists Discover Lost Roman Fort in Scotland
The new find marks the tenth such fort found in the area, once the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire
Searchers Find WWII Ship That Sank With More Than 1,000 Allied POWs Aboard
Unaware that the "Montevideo Maru" was transporting prisoners, an American submarine torpedoed the Japanese ship in 1942
See the Pristine Coral Reefs Found off the Galápagos Islands
These ancient deep-sea reefs have barely been affected by humans and can provide a way to measure the impact of climate change on corals
After 13 Years Underwater, Lost Digital Camera Photos Reunited With Owner
A Colorado fisherman spotted the camera sticking out of the mud along the the Animas River
Fountains of Wine Once Flowed in This Ancient Roman Winery
Archaeologists think the elaborately decorated site was built to be a spectacle
Rare 95-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Skull Uncovered in Australia
The first-of-its-kind find reveals how sauropods may have moved between Australia and South America during the mid-Cretaceous
Archaeologists Discover 1,400-Year-Old Murals of Two-Faced Men in Peru
The new finds are shedding light on the Moche people, who lived on Peru's northern coast
Ancient Europeans Took Hallucinogenic Drugs 3,000 Years Ago
Hair strands from the Bronze Age reveal the first direct evidence of drug use in Europe
This Mummified Ice Age Squirrel Was Found Frozen in Canada
Scientists identified the curled-up creature as an Arctic ground squirrel that likely died while hibernating some 30,000 years ago
This 16th-Century Cloth Is Scotland's Oldest-Known Tartan
A bog in the Highlands preserved the fabric, now on view for the first time, for hundreds of years
See Colorful Paintings of the Zodiac Signs From an Ancient Egyptian Temple
Newly restored, the Ptolemaic era reliefs were previously covered by a layer of dirt and soot
Archaeologists Discover 2,000 Mummified Ram Skulls in Temple of Ramses II
The skulls were likely left as offerings about 1,000 years after the pharaoh's death
At Long Last, Mathematicians Have Found a Shape With a Pattern That Never Repeats
Experts have searched for decades for a polygon that only makes non-repeating patterns. But no one knew it was possible until now
Kitchen Renovation Reveals 400-Year-Old Paintings in English Apartment
The two nine-foot paintings depict scenes from a 17th-century book of poetry
America's Waterways: The Past, Present and Future
Clues to the Lives of North America's First Inhabitants Are Hidden Underwater
Submerged prehistory holds insights on the first humans to live in North America
James Webb Telescope Spots Raging Dust Storms on an Exoplanet
The far-off world also has signs of water, methane, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
Archaeologists Find the Persian Gulf's First Known Pearling Town
Located 30 miles north of Dubai, the settlement dates to the sixth century C.E.
The 2019 Notre-Dame Fire Revealed Iron Staples Holding the Cathedral Together
The Paris landmark is the first known Gothic cathedral to use iron in this way, researchers say
1,000-Year-Old Gold Earrings and Silver Coins Unearthed in the Netherlands
Lorenzo Ruijter, a Dutch treasure hunter, discovered the cache with his metal detector
