These Individuals Were Buried in Colombia Wearing ‘Death Masks.’ Researchers Just Digitally Removed the Skull Coverings to Reveal Their Faces for the First Time
See the portraits of a 6- or 7-year-old child, a woman in her 60s, and two young men who were buried in Colombia between the 13th and 18th centuries
The World’s First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects Wants Its Collection to Shrink, Not Grow
Visitors can explore 3D renderings of stolen artworks, historical artifacts, rare books and more in UNESCO’s new digital museum
Frida Kahlo’s Family Home and Artistic Retreat Opens as a Museum
Museo Casa Kahlo occupies “Casa Roja,” which is only a few blocks away from the Museo Frida Kahlo in “Casa Azul”
Generations of Bearded Vultures Stashed Humans’ Treasures, Including a 650-Year-Old Sandal, in These Bird Nests
Researchers recovered more than 200 human artifacts from historical nests in southern Spain
These Archaeologists Set Out in Search of Animal Fat. Instead, They Found the Oldest Blue Pigment Ever Discovered in Europe
Blue residue on a 13,000-year-old stone artifact, long believed to be an oil lamp, may paint a new picture of Paleolithic art and culture
A Rare Medieval Hair-Styling Tool Was Found at Scotland’s Eilean Donan Castle
The artifact is part of a large assemblage of excavated artifacts recently acquired by National Museums Scotland
Divers Recover More Than $1 Million Worth of Gold and Silver Coins From 310-Year-Old ‘Treasure Fleet’ Shipwrecks
The vessels sank in a violent hurricane off the coast of Florida in July 1715, when they were traveling from Cuba to Spain with an estimated $400 million worth of coins and jewels from the New World
This Fishing Vessel Went Missing Without a Trace in 1929. Divers Just Found It Off the Coast of Nantucket
After the captain completed his required daily check-in on January 18, 1929, no one ever saw or heard from the ST “Seiner” again
Three Decades of Research Reveal a Forgotten Medieval Castle on a Scottish Island
Archaeologists say Finlaggan was the seat of power for the Lordship of the Isles. Before that, a previously unknown castle stood at the site during the 12th and 13th centuries
Scientists Reconstruct a Million-Year-Old Skull and Suggest It Could Rewrite Our Timeline of Human Evolution
A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further evidence
Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Earthwork Circles Built 6,500 Years Ago—Nearly 2,000 Years Before Stonehenge
Recent excavations have shed new light on the four circular ditches, which were identified in a field near Rechnitz, Austria, during surveys of the area between 2011 and 2017
Archaeologists Unearth Seven Rare Wampum Beads at 17th-Century English Settlement in Canada
Indigenous groups created the small beads from mollusk shells. They’re the first artifacts of their kind ever found at the Colony of Avalon in Newfoundland
You Can Buy These Gilded Age Jewels That Once Belonged to the Vanderbilt Family
The collection, which will hit the auction block in November, includes a fragment of the tiara that Gladys Vanderbilt received upon her marriage to a Hungarian count
Archaeologists in Pompeii Discover Ancient Bench Where Hopeful Clients Waited to Be Seen by an Elite Roman
The seat is across from the entrance to the Villa of the Mysteries, a large property full of beautiful frescoes located just outside the ancient city’s walls
Archaeologists Discover a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb in Southern Spain
The stone structure, called a dolmen, offers a glimpse into prehistoric life, trade and religion
Archaeologists Find Both a Medieval Dungeon and Roman Burial Beneath a Market Square in England
Researchers are excavating Leicester Market amid the area’s large-scale renovation
The Titanic’s Sister Ship, the Britannic, Sank in 1916. For the First Time, Divers Have Recovered Artifacts From Its Wreck
The luxury liner was requisitioned as a hospital ship during World War I. Thirty people died after the vessel struck a German naval mine and sank off the coast of Greece
Did Ancient Jews Hide These Coins for Safekeeping During a Fourth-Century Revolt Against Roman Rule?
A cache of coins bearing the faces of the Roman emperors Constantius II and Constans I was discovered in underground tunnels created by Jews in what is now northern Israel
Archaeologists Say They’ve Solved the Mystery of This Marble Statue. Its Subject Was a Woman Who Might Have Helped an Ancient City Achieve Political Freedom
The marble sculpture, discovered at Chersonesos Taurica in Crimea in 2003, has been identified as a woman named Laodice
By Counting Growth Rings, Researchers Solve the Mystery of the Sycamore Gap Tree’s Age
A new analysis shows that the historic tree was at least 100 to 120 years old in September 2023, when two men illegally chopped it down
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