Failed brain surgery and possible human sacrifice revealed in Stone Age burial By Stephanie Pappas A Stone Age adult survived attempted brain surgery before dying more than 7,000 years ago.
Divers discover lost WWII submarine wreck off Southeast Asia By Tom Metcalfe Divers in Southeast Asia have located the lost wreck of what's thought to be a U.S. Navy submarine that sank in 1943 after it was attacked by Japanese aircraft.
Prehistoric desert footprints are earliest evidence for humans on Arabian Peninsula By Richard Clark-Wilson Scientists have discovered human footprints embedded on an ancient lake surface in the Nefud Desert in Saudi Arabia that are around 120,000 years old.
Mysterious Mexican wreck was an illegal slave ship By Stephanie Pappas Archaeologists have identified the wreck of a Mexican steamer as La Union, an illegal slave ship that smuggled the Maya as cargo to Cuba.
Wizard battles and demon circles revealed in newly translated Christian texts By Owen Jarus Newly translated Christian texts tell of wizard battles and demon circles.
An aurora that lit up the sky over the Titanic might explain why it sank By Mindy Weisberger A geomagnetic storm that sparked spectacular aurora displays could also have contributed to the sinking of the Titanic.
What did people use before toilet paper was invented? By Tara Santora What did people use instead of toilet paper? Seashells, tapestries, wooden sticks and more.
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped shape the modern era of women's rights By Jonathan Entin Before she became a Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s work as an attorney in the 1970s fundamentally changed the court’s approach to women's rights and how we think about women – and men.
Facial reconstruction reveals Egyptian 'mummy portrait' was accurate except for one detail By Laura Geggel A CT scan of an ancient mummy shows that its "mummy portrait" was almost, but not completely accurate.
Vikings may not have been blonde, or Scandinavian By Yasemin Saplakoglu Researchers analyzed DNA from more than 400 skeletons to understand who the Vikings really were.
Eerily well-preserved 17th-century ship found in the dark waters of the Baltic Sea By Peter Dockrill Divers from Finland have made an unexpected discovery while exploring the depths of the Baltic Sea, finding an incredibly well-preserved shipwreck dating back almost 400 years.
Study casts doubt on 'sky disk' thought to be oldest representation of the heavens By Tom Metcalfe Fierce debate over the Nebra Sky Disk has been reignited by a new study that suggests it is at least 1,000 years younger than previously thought.
Wreck of WWII warship with Nazi symbol discovered off Norway By Tom Metcalfe The wreck of a German warship torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine in 1940 has been discovered in deep water off the North Sea coast of southern Norway.
13 mummy coffins stacked in a well unearthed in ancient Egyptian necropolis By Laura Geggel Archaeologists have yet to open any of the 2,500-year-old coffins.
2,200-year-old Chinese text may be oldest surviving anatomical atlas By Owen Jarus These ancient Chinese texts on human anatomy are as old, if not older, than their Greek counterparts.
400-year-old mummified goat found frozen in Alps by champion skier By Stephanie Pappas This goat could help researchers practice how to conserve and analyze ancient DNA.
Are carrots orange because of a Dutch revolutionary? By Benjamin Plackett No, but the crown did popularize the orange carrot.
Viking sword placed on warrior's left side likely prepared him for 'mirror afterlife' By Laura Geggel It's possible the Vikings thought the afterlife was a mirrored version of the real world.
'Spinal Tap'-size Stonehenge reveals how the ancient monument really sounded By Tom Metcalfe It took 9 months to build the perfectly scaled model.
'Ghost Army' in WWII used inflatable tanks to fool the Nazis and win the war By Mindy Weisberger A secret U.S. Army tactical unit called the "Ghost Army" tricked German forces during WWII with fake military displays that were deceptively real.
