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Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected new species is among the largest ever known

A three-dimensional reconstruction of Zosia's face, a woman buried as a vampire, is pictured, in this undated handout photo taken in Stockholm, Sweden. Oscar Nilsson - Project Pien/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Oscar Nilsson/Project Pien/Handout/Reuters

Researchers are learning more about ‘Zosia,’ the 17th century ‘vampire’ buried with a blade over her neck

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Archaeological Park of Pompeii

DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii victims’ final moments

Cylinder seal and modern impression: ritual scene before a temple facade, Late Uruk, ca. 3500-3100 B.C., Mesopotamia, Bituminous limestone, H. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.), Stone-Cylinder Seals, Although engraved stones had been used as early as the seventh millennium B.C. to stamp impressions in clay, the invention in the fourth millennium B.C. of carved cylinders that could be rolled over clay allowed the development of more complex seal designs. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols

Ancient buildings and landscape modifications (including public plazas, agricultural terraces, and field walls) blanket uplands, while low-lying areas that flood seasonally were mostly unmodified save for the construction of reservoirs.

Courtesy Luke Auld-Thomas

Lost Maya city discovered in Mexico

The wreckage of the Mary Rose at The Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, England.

The Mary Rose Trust

A Tudor warship sank nearly 500 years ago. The bones of its crew reveal what life was like

The United States’ oldest surviving tombstone from 17th century Jamestown has been identified as black limestone originally from Europe.

Courtesy Marcus Key, Dickinson College Geosciences Professor

Scientists find new piece in puzzle of America’s oldest tombstone

courtesy Luke Parry/Yu Liu/Ruixin Ran

Stunning fossil preserved in fool’s gold reveals newly identified 450 million-year-old species

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Åge Hojem NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet

Scientists say skeletal remains found in castle well belong to figure from 800-year-old saga

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Courtesy Professor Chenyang Cai

Stunning fossil trapped in amber reveals previously unknown species that lived during the time of dinosaurs

Using drone-borne light detection and ranging equipment, archaeologists have mapped two abandoned cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan.

Michael Frachetti

Lost Silk Road cities mapped using remote sensing

The hoard of coins was valued at more than $5 million.

The British Museum

Hoard of silver coins dating from Norman Conquest is Britain’s most valuable treasure find ever

Deposit reflecting the passage of a tsunami initiated by the S2 meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago.

Nadja Drabon/Harvard University

A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago. Scientists say it was a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life

Lheritier et al., Sci. Adv. 10, eadp6362 (2024)

World’s largest arthropod lived 300 million years ago. Now, fossils show what it really looked like

Discovery’s Expedition Unknown

Secret tomb found under ‘Indiana Jones’ filming location in Petra

A sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine," along with a boot, has been discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier on Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. This is the first possible proof of Irvine’s death since disappearing during a 1924 expedition.

Jimmy Chin/National Geographic/PA Media

Human foot found on Everest may hold key to one of mountaineering’s greatest mysteries

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