A new study presented evidence of Vikings reaching the Americas as early as 985 AD, over 500 years before Christopher Columbus discovered the country. Read the article to learn more details.
Two coins dated back to the Roman Empire have been found on a distant Baltic Sea island that had archaeologists baffled about how they got there. Read the article to know more details about this discovery.
A recent study suggests that the Viking round shields discovered on the Gokstad vessel in 1880 were not exclusively meant for ceremonial purposes. Read the article to learn more.
A new study examined the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli, among many other Renaissance master painters, and found egg proteins are mixed in oil paintings to protect their masterpieces. Read the article to learn more.
During the restoration of drains in Shanxi province, a brick tomb from the Jurchen Jin dynasty of northern China was uncovered. Learn more about it in this article.
Last year, a British researcher proposed that the Stonehenge monument was a giant calendar. Check out how the new paper pours cold water on this theory, calling it "totally unsubstantiated."
The futuristic Seoul Ring will be built in South Korea's capital at Haneul Park and is set to break away from the traditional look of Ferris wheels. Check out in this article how could such a design work.
Analysis of the Colchester vase unearthed in 1853 shows that gladiators fought in Roman Britain in the late second century AD. Read the article to learn more about this story.
The mini sphinx is much smaller than the Great Sphinx of Giza, which is 66 feet high. Read the article to learn more about the mystery of this limestone artefact.
Thousands of artifacts were unearthed during archaeological digs including an "extremely uncommon" Iron Age comb constructed from a human skull. Check it out in this article to learn more.
The newly-discovered Sumerian temple is the outcome of the 2015 Girsu project of the British Museum supported by the Getty Museum. Read the article to learn more.
If the latest statistics are to be believed there are now 1.5 billion cars in the world. In fact, we've come a long way since the very first prototypes rolled off the production line. Here's a little history of the humble car for you to get you up to speed.