The Silk Road Never Really Existed
China is attempting to turn away from its isolated past with an immense new infrastructure project
How to Become a Fossil in Five Easy Steps
Tricks to preserving your bones for future archaeologists
Germany Just Opened a Nazi Museum in the Party’s Former Headquarters
70 years later, Munich’s mayor says the city is ready to “face up to its Nazi past”
Meet the Group of Scientists That Keeps Lenin’s 90-Year-Old Corpse Fresh
90 years later, Vladimir Lenin’s body is still maintained by a Russian lab
Paper Airplanes Flew Decades Before Real Ones Did
Kids have been folding paper so it flies since at least the mid-19th century
How “Operation Mummy’s Curse” is Helping Fight Terrorism
Selling illicit relics is the third most profitable wing of the black market, after drugs and weapons
In 2015, Lake Michigan Was So Clear Its Shipwrecks Were Visible From the Air
A Coast Guard patrol spotted the wrecks in shallow waters that are only clear after the lake’s ice melts and before summer sediment swirls and algae blooms
Nepal Struggles With the Loss of Lives, Cultural Treasures After Earthquake
Historic sites were damaged and destroyed in the 7.8 quake
How Settlers Wiped Out the Caribbean’s Rodents of Unusual Size
The eradication of rice rats in the Lesser Antilles was part of a massive mammal extinction event
How a Piano Dropped from a Helicopter Paved the Way For Woodstock
The Piano Drop set the stage for the outdoor rock festival
Recently Translated Papyrus Details 1,900-Year-Old Hangover Cure
Those disappointed by the effectiveness of this 1,900-year old remedy can instead peruse the eye surgery techniques in other ancient texts
The Pony Express Was Short-Lived And Costly
The service only lasted 18 months, but became an important icon of the West
New York City Ran a Slave Market
New marker will acknowledge the bustling slave trade that helped build New York
Tour the Theater Where Lincoln Was Assassinated on Google Street View
150 years later, a new view of Ford’s Theatre
How Rum Helped the U.S. Win Its Independence
Rum may was a key player in America’s revolutionary days
Ancient Tech Could Help Solve Lima’s Water Crisis
Turns out Peru’s Wari people were excellent urban planners…and their 1,500-year-old ‘amunas’ could soon bring water to Lima
Northern Europeans Were Not So Sold on Farming
A new study of ancient beads shows “an enduring cultural boundary” between northern and southern Europe during the Neolithic Age
This Little Kid Discovered a Dinosaur
A rare nodosaur has been found in Texas…by a little boy
How Did an Ottoman War Camel End Up in an Austrian Basement?
Archaeologists think they have solved the mystery
Archaeologists Unfold World’s Largest Underground City in Turkey
Archaeologists find evidence to believe a site just discovered in 2012 could be a complex subsurface labyrinth
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