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From Bronze Age Settlements to Medieval Cities: New Archaeological Discoveries Across Kazakhstan
18+ min ago (729+ words) By Alina Zhalmaganbetova in Editor’s Picks, Nation on 13 September 2026 ASTANA — From Bronze Age settlements to medieval cities, archaeological research across Kazakhstan continues to reveal new details about the societies that once inhabited the Eurasian steppe. Recent excavations have brought new…...
El consumo de drogas más antiguo conocido pudo haber atrapado a los recolectores prehistóricos en un "círculo vicioso"
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (1099+ words) Por Ashley Strickland, CNN Los restos prehistóricos de dos recolectores hallados en la isla indonesia de Sulawesi contienen indicios reveladores de que los humanos comenzaron a consumir una droga que altera la mente miles de años antes de lo que…...
Three Unfinished Roman Megaprojects [12:20]
9+ hour, 19+ min ago (279+ words) More than any other premodern culture, the Romans are associated with feats of engineering. The Pantheon. The Colosseum. The Pont du Gard. Monuments that seem to defy both gravity and time. But sometimes, even the Romans fell short of completing…...
Museum removes Egyptian mummy from display 'to respect her wishes"
12+ hour, 10+ min ago (820+ words) By MAANYA SACHDEVA, ASSOCIATE LIFESTYLE EDITOR Manchester Museum has removed an Egyptian mummy on display for over 200 years to 'respect her wishes'. Curators said they decided to stop showing the 2,700-year-old remains of a woman named Asru in a decision…...
Archaeologists Just Opened a 4,400-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb, and the Colors Are Still There
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (249+ words) In the sands south of Cairo, archaeologists just opened a tomb that has sat untouched for over four thousand years, and what they found inside wasn't just old. It was oddly, almost impossibly, well preserved. A Spanish-Egyptian mission has unearthed…...
A farmer lost a hammer in his field and went looking for it with a metal detector — instead he found nearly 15,000 Roman coins, gold jewelry and silver tableware buried beneath the soil, one of the richest Roman treasure hoards ever discovered in Britain
17+ hour, 11+ min ago (521+ words) Peter Whatling lost a hammer in a Suffolk field in November 1992, the sort of thing that happens on a farm most weeks and never gets written down anywhere. Published September 12, 2026 · How we edit Peter Whatling lost a hammer in a…...
Addressing the Prehistoric Egyptian
13+ hour, 10+ min ago (100+ words) NOTE: While reading my first academic book on Ancient Egypt, I felt the urge to write a sort of poem reflecting how I daydream within this realm. Here, this is my …...
A Circular Monument Built 1,000 Years Before Stonehenge Just Emerged From the Czech Soil, With Human Bones Beside It
13+ hour, 39+ min ago (361+ words) A monumental circle rose from the earth near a small Czech village nearly 6,500 years ago, built by hands that somehow understood the sky better than we'd ever expect. A circular monument built 6,500 years ago near the present-day municipality of Chleby,…...
A Metal Detectorist Found 52,503 Roman Coins. Then Their Unusual Order Revealed a 1,700-Year-Old Mystery
13+ hour, 39+ min ago (484+ words) 52,503 Roman artefacts and a burial site that defies any obvious explanation. In April 2010, metal detectorist Dave Crisp was sweeping a field near Frome, Somerset, when his equipment picked up an unusual signal about a foot below the surface. He uncovered…...
In 1915, Stonehenge came up as Lot 15 at an auction in Salisbury, and a local barrister bought it for £6,600 along with about 30 acres of downland. He handed it to the nation three years later, with a deed saying public admission should cost no more than a shilling per visit.
18+ hour, 55+ min ago (129+ words) Why would anyone buy a stone circle at a country auction? Not the farmland around it, not a grand house, but the ruin itself, listed as a numbered lot on a...