Archeologists are always discovering new things about human history and culture, and the team at the South Asasif Conservation Project just made their own monumental discovery—one that could even rival that of King Tut.
As recently as 2012, Melanesians were active cannibals, consuming human flesh on a regular basis, and even offering it for sale at local markets—but as concerning as that is, cannibalism wasn’t the only taboo practice they had.
The legend of El Dorado has captivated people for hundreds of years—but some historians think there’s a disturbing reason the Spanish made the whole thing up.
Before Amelia Earhart, there was Marie Marvingt, the female pilot who went undercover during WWI and set incredible new records in the world of aviation.
The Spartans’ military training made them one of the most feared armies in history, yet archaeologists say it was that military training that also played a major role in their downfall.
Archaeologists investigating a skeleton found beneath a Maastricht church believe it could belong to real-life d’Artagnan, the French musketeer who inspired Alexandre Dumas’s celebrated Three Musketeers hero centuries later.
Researchers used AI and declassified CORONA spy-satellite images to identify four previously overlooked archaeological sites near Baghdad, revealing how historic imagery can rescue evidence erased by modern development.
