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First Close-Up Images Reveal Shackleton’s Lost Ship on the Ocean Floor
18+ hour, 49+ min ago (493+ words) More than a century after Ernest Shackleton last walked its deck, his final ship has emerged from the darkness at the bottom of the Labrador Sea....
Egypt Uncovers a Lost Byzantine-Era Settlement in the Western Desert With Rare Gold Coins and Hidden Churches
49+ min ago (471+ words) A remarkably intact 4th-century settlement has emerged from Egypt’s desert, revealing streets, homes, a church, and secrets buried for over 1,600 years...
Why Ancient Mesopotamians Took Their Signatures So Seriously
18+ hour, 54+ min ago (87+ words) Cylinder seals were far more than ancient signatures. They fused art, power, and belief into objects that revealed exactly who their owners were....
Archaeologists Decapitated Tutankhamun and Glued His Body Back Together
18+ hour, 54+ min ago (162+ words) Tutankhamun’s 1925 examination left behind evidence that official accounts largely omitted. A closer look at the records reveals a troubling gap between scientific history and what actually happened....
Was There A Stray Ent Near The Shire During The Lord Of The Rings?
8+ hour, 58+ min ago (624+ words) The Ents don't come into play until "The Two Towers," but a line in "The Fellowship of the Ring" suggests that they were hanging around the Shire prior to that. Was There A Stray Ent Near The Shire During The…...
Flint tools, scorched soil and two pieces of spark-producing pyrite suggest humans were deliberately making fire in Britain 400,000 years ago — far earlier than firm evidence had previously shown
8+ hour, 45+ min ago (856+ words) At a former clay pit in Suffolk, archaeologists found a small patch of ancient ground that had been heated repeatedly above 700°C. Heat-fractured flint...
Sun, Simurgh & Lapis Mountains Shape Sepahiyan-e Mihan Emblem
6+ hour, 22+ min ago (61+ words) Afghanistan International: The logo includes symbolic elements such as the Simurgh, the sun, the Hindu Kush mountains, lapis lazuli, a sword and a star. Social media users have described these images as references to the country’s historical and mythological identity....
Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods, vies for World Heritage status
7+ hour, 48+ min ago (831+ words) LITOCHORO, Greece — Snow-capped for much of the year, Mount Olympus, mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, has captured the imagination through the millennia. Rising to 2,918 meters (9,573 feet) from a base practically at sea level, the ancient Greeks believed the…...
Archaeologists Dug Into an Ancient German Grave and Found a 3,000-Year-Old Sword Preserved Almost Like New
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (581+ words) A remarkable discovery beneath the soil of southern Germany has surprised archaeologists. Hidden for thousands of years, an ancient sword has emerged in a condition few researchers expected. A 3,000-year-old bronze sword discovered in Nördlingen, southern Bavaria, has amazed archaeologists…...
'Seat of the gods' Mt Olympus tipped for heritage list
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....