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A genetic study of 45 skeletons from Montreal's historic Notre-Dame Cemetery found exclusively French European ancestry, challenging narratives of widespread intermarriage in early colonial Quebec.
A unique silver penny issued by King Olaf Haraldsson has been identified within Norway's vast Mørstad Hoard, offering new evidence of how Viking rulers used coinage to promote Christianity and royal authority.
A deep genetic study reveals the hunter-gatherer Hadza and forager-farmer Tsimané share over 1,200 gut bacterial species, a core microbial heritage dating back to pre-migration human ancestors in Africa.
A 2016 astronaut photo mosaic reveals a rare sunglint effect across Lake Powell's entire length, as drought-driven water level declines expose ancient geological features and Jurassic fossils.
A digital facial reconstruction of the Punín-2 skull, from Ecuador's Andes, depicts an Indigenous American man who lived roughly 3,000 years ago.
A forensic facial reconstruction of the 3,000-year-old Punin-2 skull from Ecuador, created with local community input, shows clear Indigenous American features.
A hoard of over 5,200 Viking Age coins, the largest ever found in Norway, has been unearthed by metal detectorists and archaeologists at a farm in eastern Norway.
Archaeologists have uncovered a Sarmatian warrior's grave from the 1st century BCE-1st century CE within a much older Yamnaya burial mound.
A pyramid-shaped tomb from the late third or early fourth century A.D., blending Egyptian and Greek elements, has been unearthed at Bir al-Shaghala.
A licensed metal detectorist found a hoard of over 900 Roman silver denarii near Wesseling, Germany. The coins, buried during Emperor Hadrian's reign, are now on display in Bonn.
Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental complex of three ritual baths and a large pool at Jerusalem's Ophel, dating to the late Second Temple period.
A metal detectorist has discovered Germany's largest known hoard of silver coins from the reign of Emperor Hadrian near Wesseling, south of Cologne.
Mysterious trenches scoring Australia's Nullarbor Plain are surface scars from the collapse of massive Oligocene and Miocene-era cave systems, new research shows.
A metal detectorist has discovered Finland's largest Viking Age silver hoard, containing nearly 10 pounds of coins and jewelry.
Proteins from 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth found in China suggest a genetic link to Denisovans and, indirectly, to some modern populations.
A 20-meter-long dinosaur discovered during construction in Brazil reveals a 120-million-year-old link to Europe.
A 2026 study published in Azania reveals that the Iron Age site of Bosutswe in Botswana obtained copper from mines across four countries, some over 950 km away.
Archaeologists in Serbia have uncovered a uniquely designed private bath complex within a tower of Emperor Maximinus Daza's 4th-century palace.
Archaeologists in Izmir, Turkey, have uncovered three public spaces with mosaic and marble floors, along with several wall paintings, in the ancient agora of Smyrna.
Startups are piloting humanoid robots for domestic chores, with prices ranging from $30 per hour to $20,000 per unit, though some autonomy may be assisted.
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation voted in July to advance new regulations that would weaken Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
Researchers from AI company Pathway report their new BDH-CQ model uses a novel 'post-transformer' architecture.
Archaeologists in Turkey have unearthed a unique 11,000-year-old statue depicting a person riding a leopard at the Neolithic site of Karahan Tepe.
Archaeologists have uncovered a 6,500-year-old circular enclosure in the Czech Republic, designed with 12 entrances aligned to solar and lunar cycles.
A 1944 USAAF B-24 crash into a Lancashire school killed 61, including 38 young children, in WWII's worst Allied civilian aviation accident.
A 14th-century skeleton found in Stirling Castle, Scotland, shows 167 fractures that may mark the earliest proven death by a trebuchet, possibly the War Wolf ordered by Edward I.
Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a small church beneath a basilica at Lake İznik that may be the site of the 325 AD First Council of Nicaea.
Scientists use AI to design chip components 500 times smaller than previously imagined.