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Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago — and used thyme to mask the smellA new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.
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1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb discovered in Mexico features enormous owl sculpture symbolizing deathThe president of Mexico called the discovery of a 1,400-year-old Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca the "most significant archaeological discovery in a decade."
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Varna Gold: Humanity's first gold jewelry was found in a cemetery with a gold 'penis sheath'Archaeologists found hundreds of burials in the Copper Age cemetery in Varna, Bulgaria, some of which were littered with gold artifacts.
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2,500 years ago, people in Bulgaria ate dog meat at feasts and as a delicacy, archaeological study findsA study of dog bones across several Iron Age sites in Bulgaria has shown that people ate dog meat.
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5,500-year-old human skeleton discovered in Colombia holds the oldest evidence yet that syphilis came from the AmericasAn ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was present in the Americas at least 3,000 years earlier than previously thought.
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2.6 million-year-old jaw from extinct 'Nutcracker Man' is found where we didn't expect itA fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new information about diversity in human evolution.
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Remnants of spills on Renaissance-era textbook reveal recipes for 'curing' ailments with lizard heads and human fecesA novel biochemical analysis of a Renaissance medical text has successfully recovered centuries-old proteins that might be from lizards and hippos.
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Nebra Sky Disc: The world's oldest depiction of astronomical phenomena — and it may depict the PleiadesThe unique bronze-and-gold Nebra Sky Disc appears to represent what the night sky looked like more than three millennia ago.
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Romans regularly soaked in filthy, lead-contaminated bath water, Pompeii study findsA study of limescale buildup in an early bathing facility at Pompeii has revealed that the water was replaced only once per day.
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Woolly rhino flesh pulled from ancient wolf stomach gives clues to ice age giant's extinctionMore than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out why it went extinct.
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Most complete Homo habilis skeleton ever found dates to more than 2 million years ago and retains 'Lucy'-like featuresScientists have revealed the most complete skeleton yet of our 2 million-year-old ancestor Homo habilis.
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Tumba Madžari Great Mother: A boxy goddess figurine from North Macedonia designed to protect Stone Age houses 7,800 years agoStone Age people in Macedonia created goddess figurines whose bottom half was a house.
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Dionysus and his erect penis depicted on 2,500-year-old bone stylus found in SicilyArchaeologists in Sicily found a unique writing implement featuring a grumpy-faced god and his erect penis.
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1,100-year-old mummy found in Chile died of extensive injuries when a turquoise mine caved in, CT scans revealThe mummified remains of a man buried close to a turquoise mine in Chile's Atacama Desert suggest he was a miner who died in a tragic occupational accident.
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Rare 2,000-year-old war trumpet, possibly linked to Celtic queen Boudica, discovered in EnglandArchaeologists have announced their discovery of a metal hoard that contained an extremely rare example of a Celtic battle trumpet.
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One of the last Siberian shamans was an 18th-century woman whose parents were related, DNA study revealsA new DNA analysis of the mummies of historical Indigenous Yakuts reveals resistance to 17th-century Russian conquest.
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Last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals possibly found in Casablanca, MoroccoA collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.
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The Alfred Jewel: A 1,100-year-old treasure from England's first king that proclaims 'Alfred ordered me to be made'This gold-encrusted jewel has an inscription revealing who made it.
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10 things we learned about Neanderthals in 2025Findings about our extinct relatives, the Neanderthals, continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.
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Lchashen wagon: A 3,500-year-old covered wagon that transported a deceased chief to the next worldThis 3,500-year-old covered wagon is the best-preserved example in the world of this ancient form of wheeled transport.
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10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2025Findings about our human ancestors continue to surprise us, especially those from 2025.
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We now know much more about how our ancestor 'Lucy' lived — and diedFifty years after a fossil skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis was unearthed in Ethiopia, we know so much more about how this iconic species lived and died.
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Reliquary of the Holy Crib: Remains of Jesus' manger from BethlehemFive pieces of wood in a silver-and-gold container at a basilica in Rome may be the remains of the manger Jesus was laid on when he was born.
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1,400 years ago, Nubians tattooed their toddlers. Archaeologists are trying to figure out why.More than a dozen mummies of kids with facial tattoos were found at an archaeological site in Christian-era Nubia.
