Archaeology & Discoveries

The “epicenter” of Zapotec Guiengola, with the surrounding area being revealed by LiDAR as a vast walled city. Source: Cambridge University Press.

Mexican Zapotec “Fortress” Revealed by LiDAR as a Large City

All That History February 10, 2025
A new discovery in central Germany has been found under a burial mound. Three graves, at least two of warriors, have been unearthed dating back to the Beaker Culture and the Copper Age, 4,500 years ago.

Ancient Warrior Burials from the Copper Age Bell Beaker Culture Found

All That History February 5, 2025
The newly discovered pyramid in Sector F of the Chupacigarro settlement on the outskirts of the sacred city of Caral-Supe. Source: Ministry of Culture for Peru.

Pyramid Found in Peru May be Older than Ancient Egypt

All That History February 3, 2025
The femur used as a quiver, with the arrowheads embedded in poison inside. Source: https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(24)02663-4.

7,000-Year-Old Bone Arrowheads Held a Complex Poison, Study Finds

All That History January 31, 2025
The passageways underneath historic Abarkuh are carved out of solid rock, and would have been cooled by water flowing through channels out of the heat of the day. Source: IRNA.

Ancient Underground City of Water Found Beneath Iran’s Abarkuh

All That History January 29, 2025
The Helmet of Cotofenesti, one of four items stolen in Saturday’s robbery. Source: Jerónimo Roure Pérez / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Romania’s National Treasures Stolen in Dutch Museum Robbery

All That History January 27, 2025
A room in the newly unearthed bathhouse, 2,000 years old and in an astonishing state of preservation. Source: Archaeological Park of Pompeii Press Office via AP.

A Once in a Century Find: Private Roman Bath Complex Unearthed in Pompeii

All That History January 24, 2025
New Roman Boundary Stone Discovery Writes of Lost Settlements

New Roman Boundary Stone Discovery Writes of Lost Settlements

All That History January 22, 2025
The route traced by the central tunnel of the Incan labyrinth, which links Coricancha, the Temple of the Sun, to the Incan fortress of Sacsayhuaman. Inset, Jorge Calero and Mildred Fernández who found the tunnel, using centuries-old clues. Source: Lima Gris.

Hidden Incan Labyrinth Discovered Under Peruvian City of Cusco

All That History January 20, 2025
Chancay mummy under laser fluorescent light. Source: Original Study / Judyta Bąk.

Intricate Tattoos Revealed on Peruvian Mummies Using Lasers

All That History January 15, 2025

Artifacts & Treasures

The virtually unfurled papyrus and scanned by an Artificial Intelligence algorithm, and letters start to become visible. Source: Vesuvius Challenge / BBC.

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science: Scroll from Herculaneum is Read from Within

All That History February 7, 2025
The map in all its glory, but you’re really going to want to get the original and zoom in to appreciate it. Source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17445647.2024.2434015.

Here Be Demons: New Map of Folklore Reveals the Dark Heart of Europe

All That History January 7, 2025
The crab symbol on the amulet and the inscription suggest that it was sued to treat cancer. Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-cancer-treating-amulet-discovered-in-pisidia-antioch-204149.

Ancient Crab Amulet found in Turkey was a Ward Against Cancer

All That History January 2, 2025
The ring on the pommel of the Anglo-Saxon sword indicates its owner had sworn an oath. Source: Prof Alice Roberts/BBC/Rare TV.

“Oathkeeper” Sixth Century Anglo-Saxon Sword Found Near Canterbury

All That History December 30, 2024
The carved turtle in the heart of the cave complex suggests a hidden Stone Age religion. Source: PNAS / Omry Barzilai et al.

Carved Stone Age Turtle Reveals Ancient Middle East Religion

All That History December 11, 2024
A bronze cannon dating from the Coronado Expedition has been found in Arizona. The gun, dated to around 1540, is the oldest firearm ever found in the United States.

Oldest Firearm in US History Found in Arizona

All That History November 29, 2024
The Blue Qur’an is a stunning artifact, 1200 years old and of obscure origins. And now a new study has discovered hidden verses in its indigo pages, hidden behind a layer of gold.

Hidden Verses Found Behind Layer of Gold on Famous Blue Qur’an

All That History November 22, 2024
The high priest with his hoshen, in which was kept the Urim and Thumimm, in this detail from David and Saul by Camillo Procaccini. Source: Camillo Procaccini / Public Domain.

Urim and Thummim: How God Told the Hebrews What to Do

All That History November 13, 2024
The Dreros Stones could be the key to reading Linear A, the ancient language of the Minoans. Source: Émile Gilliéron / Public Domain.

The Dreros Stones, and an Ancient Language Lost to the Nazis

All That History October 21, 2024
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Historical Events

The modern-day Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, which may have Pre-Columbian roots. Source: Jeffrey Dunn / CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Roots of Carnival? New Finds Suggest Seasonal Parties in Pre-Columbian Brazil

All That History February 12, 2025
The interior of the SS Bessemer with the gimballed passenger cabin. Source: J R Brown / Public Domain.

The SS Bessemer: the Worst Idea in Nautical History?

All That History January 23, 2025
Hitler and Hindenburg, March 21, 1933. A turning point in history. Source: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-S38324 / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE.

Good Men Do Nothing: How Hitler Conquered Germany

All That History January 21, 2025
Very demure, very mindful: Napoleon’s coronation as French Emperor came only 15 years after the French overthrew their last autocratic ruler. Source: Workshop of François Gérard / Public Domain.

Right Man, Right Place, Right Time: The Rise of Napoleon

All That History January 6, 2025
Bram stoker’s Dracula showed us the way to our modern pop-culture vampire. But the author needed to pay homage to existing legends, even as he created something new. Source: Dracula (1931) / Public Domain.

Dracula, Stoker’s Vision and the Path to the Modern Vampire

All That History December 25, 2024
The Harpe Brothers were confirmed to have killed 39 people, often for no reason, and are believed to have killed many more. Source: Picryl / Public Domain.

Ben Franklin, and All Those Bodies They Dug Out of his Basement

All That History December 9, 2024
The Harpe Brothers were confirmed to have killed 39 people, often for no reason, and are believed to have killed many more. Source: Picryl / Public Domain.

The Harpe Brothers: The First Serial Killers in American History

All That History December 5, 2024
Pytheas was not the first to hear of the frozen north, but he may well have been the first Greek to see it for himself. Source: Exekias / Public Domain.

The Voyage of Pytheas, the Arctic Explorer of Ancient Greece

All That History November 30, 2024
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Unexplained Phenomena

Feel free to go check whether the strange rock off Baja California is a secret underwater alien base; we fear you will be disappointed. Source: Spiritual People / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

The Non-Existent Secret Alien Base Hidden off the California Coast

December 24, 2024
This picture of Artificial Intelligence was itself created by Artificial Intelligence. It is, in effect, a self-portrait. Source: Alenoach / Public Domain.

21 Grams, Artificial Intelligence, and the Path to Robot Suffrage

November 4, 2024
The symptoms of pellagra may well have given rise to legends of werewolves and vampires in Europe. Source: Unknown Author / Public Domain.

Pellagra: The Mystery Disease that Brought Monsters to Europe

October 22, 2024
Ichor is often portrayed as a golden liquid, ethereal and very different to mortal blood. Source: Ann Wuyts / CC BY 2.0.

Ichor, Life Blood of the Immortals

October 1, 2024
Unlike most cryptids the Wendigo actually existed, at least in terms of a terrifying psychosis brought on by the isolating wilderness. Source: Aden Kowalski / CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Wendigo: Native American Stuff of Nightmares

September 25, 2024
Over the years the Jersey Devil has built up a laundry list of features based on every strange sighting in the Pine Barrens put together. Source: Cory Brown / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

The Jersey Devil: Unpicking the History Behind the Mystery

September 24, 2024
A coin from Cyrene depicting silphium: the plant, which only grew locally to the city, became its chief export. Source: ArchaiOptix / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Silphium: Can We Rediscover the Roman Wonder Drug?

September 23, 2024
What French scientists discovered about the uranium from Oklo was almost unbelievable. Source: nighthawk101stock / CC BY 3.0.

Oklo: the Impossibly Ancient Nuclear Reactors of Gabon

September 13, 2024
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Ancient Civilizations

Saturn Devouring his Children by Goya. Source: Francisco Goya / Public Domain.

Cannibalistic Coping Mechanism? The Bronze Age “Othering” of Fallen Foes

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The Lydian king Croesus: Lydia was supposedly a neighbor of Llhuros, but the artifacts of the latter kingdom were unsurprisingly very different. Source: Marco Prins / Public Domain.

Llhuros: The Lost Civilization that Can Never Be Found

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Turns out we may know about the Trojan War from the Hittites, and the mysterious people to the west they called the Ahhiyawans. Source: Unknown Author / Public Domain.

The Ahhiyawa and Wilusa: Did the Hittites Know of the Trojan War?

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Mycenaean warriors depicted on a vase. Something sudden happened to the Bronze Age palaces which caused them to be abandoned as society collapsed, and the social order which replaced them looked decidedly different. Source: Sharon Mollerus / CC BY 2.0.

The Mycenaean Collapse: A Massacre in the Palaces?

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The Oxus statue has been tentatively described as a “monster with trumpet” but the truth is we know almost nothing about this lost civilization. Source: PHGCOM / CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Oxus Civilization, the Kingdom that Vanished

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The truth is we don’t know if aliens visited our planet before, because we know very little about the eons of time Earth existed before us. Source: Luke Hancock / Public Domain.

Ancient Aliens: Loads of Time, Zero Evidence

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Chernobog and Belobog may have been nothing more than the idea of good and bad luck. Source: Maxim Sukharev (Максим Сухарев) / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chernobog and Belobog, the Slavic Gods who Don’t Exist?

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The Spartans were famed throughout ancient Greece for their warrior code. But such quality came at a terrible cost, a series of trials known as the Agoge.

A Cut Above: Agoge, the Ancient Spartan Entry Test

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The veneration of skulls is known from other ancient sites such as Jericho, but Tell Qaramel appear to be the earliest, and the site may have much to tell us about the development of human culture. Source: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Tell Qaramel and the Neolithic Cult of Severed Heads

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It is theorized that the mastaba tombs which surround the earliest Egyptian pyramids, including those at Giza, may be designed to contain deadly radioactive uranium. Source: MagisterDawn / CC BY 3.0.

The Radioactive Guardian of the Egyptian Afterlife

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The “Twelve Tribes of Israel” may be an Iron Age invention for a unified kingdom that never existed (Ori229 / Public Domain)

Unpicking the Old Testament: The Twelve Tribes of Israel

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