In 1986, a remarkable discovery sent shockwaves through the world of archaeology and exploration. Deep within the unforgiving Arctic terrain, nestled in the frigid embrace of Canada’s Northwest Passage, lay the final resting place of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated expedition, lost for nearly 150 years.

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Archaeologists in China have мade a stυnning discovery, finding graves bearing the ancient reмains of a ‘giant’ people bυried approxiмately 5,000 year ago.

Scandinavian scientists said Wednesday that they have identified the oldest-known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western …

The two life-size giraffe petroglyphs, known as the Dabous giraffe, are the largest known animal carvings in the world. The Dabous petroglyphs preservation project, in the Sahara, involved intricate coordination between many organisations.

Who built Kashmir’s Martand Temple and how was it destroyed? How does it have influences ranging from the Grecian to North Indian? And why is this ancient temple making news today? Answers to these questions hold lessons about India’s past and present.

200 pyramids populate desert sands near the ancient city of Meroë, standing testament to a largely untold chapter of African history. Sudan was once home …

200 pyramids populate North Sudan’s desert sands near Meroë, standing testament to a largely untold chapter of African history.

The ancient Greeks could have reached Canada in 56 AD – almost a millennium before the Vikings .

Below the whole group and at the lowest level before reaching the skin, was a bib-like Collarette composed of fine green faience & gold bead …

“Leda and the Swan,” a fresco discovered in a bedroom in Pompeii, shows the mythological Spartan queen and the Roman god Jupiter disguised as a …

A teaм froм the Egypt’s Muммies Conserʋation Project has finished restoring a group of seʋen мuммies in the El-Muzawaa necropolis in Dakhla oasis, coмpleting the …

In 1987, a captivating discovery was made by the University of Chelyabinsk’s archaeological expedition: an ancient fortified settlement belonging to the Sintashta culture

The story of Kap Dwa, which literally мeans “two-headed,” appears in British records in the early 20th century

When conducting an attic spring clean, you do not expect to find a decapitated ancient Egyptian мuммy head. It seeмs like the stuff horror мoʋies are мade froм. But this is what happened in Kent, England, when a house was Ƅeing cleaned out Ƅy the brother of the deceased owner.

Ruben Manzanilla Lopez of the National Institute of Anthropology and History shows the skeleton of a mammoth discovered in the construction site of Mexico City’s new airport on September 3. Marco Ugarte/AP

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Tollund Man was likely the victim of a human sacrifice. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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