Ancient Roman coin thought to be fake now authenticated – and proves existence of ‘forgotten’ leader
Ancient Roman coin thought to be FAKE after being discovered in Transylvania over 300 years ago is almost certainly authentic,…
How the Rise of Farming Rotted Ancient Humans’ Teeth
Andrea Quagliariello Dental plaque, what is it good for? Beside harboring millions of bacteria and contributing to tooth decay, the…
An engraving on an ancient ivory lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet
An ancient lice comb, believed to be from around 1700 BCE, has on it the oldest known sentence written in…
12 recent, spooky discoveries about ancient death rituals, from vampire burials to vanishing mummy pregnancies
Archeologists have made some surprising discoveries based on these human remains. A. Leydo/Warsaw Mummy Project, Mirosław Blicharski, HS2, Johan Reinhard…
Scholars found a long-lost star map from ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus hidden beneath layers of medieval Christian text
Yellow tracings show the coordinates of what's believed to be the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus' long-lost star map. Museum of…
Ancient chemistry may explain why living things use ATP as the universal energy currency
Molecular dynamic simulation of ADP and acetyl phosphate. Credit: Aaron Halpern, UCL (CC-BY 4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) A simple two-carbon compound may…
2,600-year-old pots of cheese found at the ancient necropolis of Egypt’s pharaohs
Excavations at the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt in September 2022. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Archaeologists found 2,600-year-old cheese…
Google’s new adventure game takes a top-down journey through ancient Mesoamerica
I like the cute characters in the game. | Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge Google’s Arts & Culture…
An Ancient Coin Might Hold Clue to Church Coverup of Star Explosion Event
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty/cngcoins.com/ Filipovic et al. In 1054 residents of our planet were treated to an…
3D technology uncovers the causes of death of 3 ancient South American mummies — and it isn’t pretty
The “Marburg mummy”—Macroscopic views of the whole mummy. (A) Frontal and (B) lateral view. Anna-Maria Begerock, Robert Loynes, Oliver K.…