Archaeology

Celebrity Profiles

Kathleen Martinez is a Dominican lawyer and amateur archaeologist who has publicly described a multiyear search for the tomb of Cleopatra. Rather than holding a formal instituti...

archaeology

When headlines claim the Stonehenge mystery is solved, they usually refer to a specific question, not the entire site. This evergreen explainer clarifies what evidence shows, wh...

ancient-diets

What did cavemen eat? Based on archaeological evidence, Paleolithic diets centered on readily available macro- and micronutrients from both foraging and hunting. Staple foods in...

history-civilizations

How did the Maya die is best understood not as a single event but as several centuries of transformation, in which densely populated Classic-period cities in the southern lowlan...

Celebrity Profiles

The Iceman, a 5,300-year-old natural mummy found in the Alps, died from a combination of trauma and pre-existing health issues. The primary lethal factor was an arrowhead that p...

Society & Culture

Easter Island conspiracies refer to claims that the island’s iconic statues, or moai, and its history have been hidden, manipulated, or suppressed by powerful institutions. Th...

history

Despite her famous reign and dramatic death, the physical tomb of Cleopatra VII has never been found. Researchers combine ancient texts, satellite imagery, and excavations at si...

history

In 1587, about 115 English men, women, and children landed on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina and vanished, leaving only the word “Croatoan” carved on a post an...

Status Updates

The Bonn Oberkassel dog is not alive; it is an archaeological find consisting of preserved remains of an early domesticated dog from the Early Mesolithic. The question in the he...

ancient-history

A tomb built for a pharaoh is much more than a grave; it is an engineered statement of power, theology, and social order in ancient Egypt. These monumental enclosures were desig...

Archaeology & History

Despite her iconic status, the location of Cleopatra's tomb remains unverified. No contemporary record confirms its exact site, and centuries of searches have not produced incon...

anthropology

Dragon bones in China refer to fossilized bones used in traditional Chinese medicine and early Chinese writing. In archaeological context, the term often denotes inscribed oracl...

Celebrity Profiles

The claim that the tomb of Lancelot, the famed knight of the Round Table, has been found belongs to a long tradition of graveyard legends that associate medieval Arthurian figur...

travel

Climbing the pyramids is illegal because it poses serious safety risks, causes irreversible damage to ancient stone, and violates national laws designed to protect World Heritag...

Celebrity Profiles

Biblical findings refer to discoveries, inscriptions, artifacts, or manuscript evidence that relate directly or indirectly to the world of the Bible. This guide explains how res...

history-archaeology

Egyptian pharaoh tombs are the burial structures created for Egypt’s kings, intended to safeguard the body and possessions needed for the afterlife. These tombs evolved from s...

Cats

The earliest cats definitively associated with humans were found in the Near East and Egypt beginning around 7500 BCE, with the strongest archaeological and genetic evidence poi...

Anatomy & Anthropology

Finding a human bone typically triggers archaeological, forensic, or medical investigation to answer who it belonged to, when the person lived, how they died, and why the bone w...

Treasure and Hoards

Across recorded history, the search for the largest treasure ever found has captured public imagination and revealed how societies moved wealth, asserted power, and responded to...