History News and Articles - Archaeological Discoveries

No, Archaeologists Have Not Found the Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra

January 22, 2019 | Article

Alas, the "pair so famous" has yet to be discovered. Here's what we do know.
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'Ancient' Stone Circle Actually Built in 1990s by Scottish Farmer

January 21, 2019 | Article

A stone circle in northeast Scotland that archaeologists thought was built thousands of years ago has turned out to be just a few decades old.
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Soviets Hid Nuclear Bunkers in Poland's Forests (Photos)

January 21, 2019 | Image Album

Experts are piecing together the role that these sites played during the Cold War
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Secret Soviet Bunkers in Poland Hid Nuclear Weapons

January 21, 2019 | Article

Long-hidden bunkers disappeared from official records after they were built. Now, thanks to declassified CIA imagery, they are being rediscovered.
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How a German City Developed — And Then Lost — Generations of Math Geniuses

January 19, 2019 | Article

Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world's greatest centers for mathematical research.
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World’s Oldest Periodic Table Poster Turns Up in Scottish Storeroom

January 18, 2019 | Article

The world's oldest classroom poster of the periodic table of elements, dating to 1885, has turned up in Scotland.
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25,000 Years Later, Javelin Is Still Embedded in Mammoth's Rib

January 18, 2019 | Article

About 25,000 years ago, ice age hunters in what is now Poland threw a light spear known as a javelin at a mammoth. Now, the discovery of that javelin has revealed a major surprise.
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