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The World's Oldest Known Drawing Is a 73,000-Year-Old Hashtag
September 13, 2018 | ArticleA small rock flake no larger than a house key is covered with a colossal surprise: the first known drawing ever made by a human.
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Photos: Oldest Known Drawing Was Made with a Red Crayon
September 13, 2018 | Image AlbumThis is what the world's oldest drawing — dated to 73,000 years ago — looks like.
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Cross-Legged Woman's Tomb Reveals Ancient Maya Kept Jaguars in Cages
September 12, 2018 | ArticleJaguars, pumas, deer, and even crocodile bones turn up in the old Maya city of Copán. And a new paper shows they were kept captive and traded.
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Oddball Philosopher Had His Mummified Body Put on Display … and Now His Rings Are Missing
September 11, 2018 | ArticleFamed philosopher Jeremy Bentham — an oddball British gentleman who requested that his dead body be mummified and put on public display — is missing some rings.
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Construction Crew Finds Stash of Ancient Gold Coins in Abandoned Italian Cinema
September 11, 2018 | ArticleThe 300 coins date to a time when part of the Roman Empire was collapsing.
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This Plan to Bring Back an Extinct Ice-Age Horse Species Is an Extreme Long Shot, Scientists Say
September 06, 2018 | ArticleWill a 40,000-year-old mummified horse revive an ice-age species?
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Ancient Egyptian Village Found Along the Nile River Predates the Pharaohs
September 06, 2018 | ArticleIt is the oldest Nile village ever discovered.
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Victorians Had Their Own Version of Netflix: 'Magic Lanterns'
September 06, 2018 | ArticleNetflix didn't exist during the Victorian era, of course, but people living during the 1800s and early 1900s had another way to binge-watch: the "magic lantern."
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Adopted Warriors? Genetic Tests Reveal Unexpected Relationships in Medieval Graves
September 06, 2018 | ArticleA dozen lavish medieval graves holding the remains of 13 people have finally spilled their genetic secrets, now that researchers have constructed a family tree of the people buried there.
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For Ancient Farmers, the Road to Europe Was Paved with … Cheese
September 05, 2018 | ArticleTraces of ancient cheeses hint at the timeline for human migration into Europe.
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