Medicine & TechnologyIn Belgium, a part of a strange item known as a Roman dodecahedron was discovered and researchers have offered possible explanations for its use in ancient times. Read the article to learn more.
An analysis of 3,600-year-old silver pieces from Israel and Gaza showed that the metal was used as payment hundreds of years earlier than previously believed. Read the article to learn more.
The carved scribbles on the flat square slab of brownish sandstone found in Norway may be the first example of "words written in Scandinavia." Read the article to learn more.
A mysterious and antique medieval pendant found in a pit of rubbish was observed to contian bone fragments that could belong to a saint. Read to know more about this discovery.
Upon examining ruin excavations within Teotihuacán, researchers were able to spot complete skeletal remains of a spider monkey worth 1,700 years old. Read to know more about these findings and what they reveal about the sociopolitical conditions of the past.
A study using 297 ancient Scandinavian DNA and genomic data of 16,638 modern Scandinavians shows that migration was great during the Viking period. Read the article to find out more.
In the middle of a highway construction in Romania, a treasure-filled tomb of a supposed Hun warrior was culled. Read to know more about this discovery.
A London furniture restorer resolved a long-standing mystery of the marks found in cave paintings across Europe. Read the article to know what these markings mean.
Archaeologists used LiDAR laser technology from the sky to unearth ancient civilizations and create 3D renderings of ruins. Check them out in this article.