Archaeology & Discoveries
2nd Century BC Drug Vase Shows Ancient Egyptians Knew How to Party
A new analysis of a vase from ancient Egypt has revealed what we think everyone already knew: ancient Egyptians loved their psychedelics. The vase, fashioned in the likeness of the Egyptian party…
12,000 Year Old Spindles: Did We Invent the Wheel in the Stone Age?
The wheel and axle is among the most important invention in human history. It transformed our ability to carry heavy loads, allowing for the large-scale transportation of goods from farmlands to cities.…
Lost Site of the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah Found Using Spy Satellites
Islam was a religion which owed its rapid success to conquest. From 622 AD and led by Muhammed himself, Muslim armies swept across the Middle East and unified Arabia into a single…
The Dancing Mouse: USS Edsall Wreck Rediscovered After 80 Years
It is March, 1942, and the US is reeling from the Japanese surprise attack on her surface fleet at Pearl Harbor three months before. A lone, Clemson-class destroyer, the USS Edsall, crosses…
Cornish Ruin known as “King Arthur’s Hall” is Millennia Older than Thought
A team of researchers from St Andrew’s University in Scotland have made an astonishing discovery regarding an ancient ruin at the other end of the country. The rectangular earthworks known locally as…
Ancient Cylinder Seals May Have Led to the First Writing
Writing is one of the most important inventions in the entire history of civilization. The ability to record conversations, agreements and stories is literally what separates history from prehistory, and those civilizations…