This Is ‘Lola,’ a 5,700-Year-Old Woman Whose Entire Life Is Revealed in Her ‘Chewing Gum’
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Ancient, Gold-Lined Tombs That May Hold Princesses Discovered in Greece
Here, one of the 3,500-year-old tombs discovered in Greece. It was covered with watermelon-sized stones when archaeologists found it. The bodies of ancient princes and princesses may have rested in two ancient tombs lined with gold that were recently found…
An Ancient Egyptian Physician Cited As the ‘First Woman Doctor’ Likely Never Existed
Merit Ptah is often cited as the first woman doctor, but new findings suggest she never existed. Merit Ptah was an ancient Egyptian physician, often revered as the world’s first female doctor. She was thought to live nearly 5,000 years…
Unusual Viking Burial Site in Norway Contains Two Stacked Boats, Each with a Body
Replicas of two historic viking long-boats at Lofoten Islands, Norway. When archaeologists excavated an unusual Viking grave site in Norway, they dug up two bodies … along with the remnants of two massive boats. After hundreds of years underground, only…
Did Da Vinci and Rembrandt’s Creative Genius Lie in The Way They Saw Themselves?
Famous painters da Vinci and Rembrandt, though from different centuries, had one oddity in common: The way the artists saw themselves in the mirror was likely a bit different than how others saw them, according to new findings. The Renaissance…
Two-Horned ‘Rook’ Might Be the Oldest Chess Piece on Earth
This horned “rook” may be the world’s oldest-known chess piece. In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction. Or, it can sit stone-still and guard the pieces around it, potentially…
Inbreeding Caused the Distinctive ‘Habsburg Jaw’ of 17th Century Royals That Ruled Europe
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Radar Uncovers Viking Ship Buried on Norway Farm
The remains of a Viking ship that was 52 to 56 feet (16 to 17 meters) long were found near a medieval church at Edøy, on the island of Smøla in Norway. The remains of a Viking ship have been…
Brazen Thieves Plunder Priceless Jewels and Historic Artifacts in 2 Heists in Germany
One of the items stolen from Dresden’s Royal Palace was a sun-shaped, diamond hair ornament that dates to the late-18th century and once belonged to the queen. In two daring heists that took place just days apart in Germany, burglars…
Famous World War I Battleship Discovered at the Bottom of the Atlantic
Researchers used two kinds of sonar to detect the wreck of the World War I German battlecruiser Scharnhorst. The wreck of one of the most famous German warships of World War I has been located on the seafloor near the…
Here’s How a Princeton Physicist Lost Classified H-Bomb Documents in 1953 … on a Night Train
On April 1, 1954, he first H-bomb explosion went off at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific. Perhaps you’ve recently forgotten where you parked your car, or lost track of your house keys or your phone. You’re still better off than…
Stunning Warrior Grave — Complete with Chariot, Horses — Uncovered in England
About 30 inches (75 centimeters) in diameter, this shield was found in July 2018; but it wasn’t until conservation was complete that its decorations and details could be seen. Inside a 2,200-year-old grave, archaeologists have discovered a stunning Iron Age…