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What ice cores tell us about ancient storms
Science Digging up the particles trapped in layers of Arctic ice. At the poles, falling snow doesn't melt; it collects in layers that stretch back in time. Particles trapped in this ice can reveal...
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The oldest weapons in North America offer a new view of prehistoric tech
Science The Paleoamerican migration plot thickens. The spearheads date back to more than 13,500 years ago, making them possibly the oldest weapons ever found in North America.
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Siberian unicorns lived alongside humans, and they were so much cooler than...
Animals Ancient rhinos were basically magic. In a sense, all rhinos are unicorns—they just aren’t pearly white and magical the way our myths say they should be.
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These 1,000-year-old, blue-specked teeth could rewrite medieval history
Science Lapis lazuli was hard to get your hands—or mouth—on. A new study uses analysis of dental calculus to show the crucial role a woman played in medieval manuscript illumination.
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Your ashes might say more about you than you’d think
Science A new strategy could help archaeologists reveal a cremated skeleton's sex. Ancient cremation methods left bones in tiny fragments, making it difficult for modern archaeologists to identify...
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Ancient poop is helping archaeologists understand a midwestern city’s demise
Science The forensic feces files The Midwest was once the most happening place north of Mexico. But within 100 years, the district was largely abandoned. Now, ancient poop molecules are helping…
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These Chinese fossil deposits shed light on an explosive period in evolution
Science Tracking the Cambrian Explosion, when the oceans first filled with complex animal life. The speed of transition seemed so shockingly abrupt that it amazed and worried even Charles Darwin. It...
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As Rome digs its first new metro route in decades, an archaeologist...
Science How to build a subway in the Eternal City. Archaeologist Rosella Rea bridges the divide between modernity and history as she helps Rome's Metro expand safetly for the first time in decades.
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Archaeologists unearth more evidence that when a civilization drinks...
Science The Wari people used their corn-based beer to spread their culture across Peru. The Wari empire, an ancient Peruvian civilization that predated the Inca, made advances in agriculture, art,...
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The king behind Machu Picchu built his legacy in stone
Science In lieu of a written language, the Inca communicated through construction. The Builders takes you behind the construction tape to reveal the individuals responsible for history’s greatest...
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