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

A new study into a 7,000 year old bovid femur found in Kruger Cave, South Africa, has shed lights on the secrets of Neolithic hunting in the region. The femur had three arrowheads embedded in it, suggesting that it was used as a quiver. The arrowheads were found to have been coated with three separate

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

Researchers investigating under a collection of five historic houses in the city of Abarkuh in Iran’s Yazd province have found something long suspected. An underground city stretches out below the modern one, dating back to the Qajar era. Abarkuh’s governor, Hossein Hatami, announced the discovery in an interview. The existence of such a city had

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

In the early hours of the morning on Saturday, 25 January, thieves broke into a Dutch museum in a daring robbery, Four ancient gold artifacts were stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, including the exhibit’s central piece. Police were called to the scene around 3.45am after reports of an explosion, reports the BBC. The

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

Near the center of the Roman city of Pompeii lies a large area known to archaeologists and researchers as Regio IX. This area is largely unexcavated, overlooked in favour of the grander public buildings which were prioritized as the city gave up her secrets. But, as recent discoveries have shown, there is much hidden beneath

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?

This is a story about an inventor and his invention. It is the story of striving to create something new and innovation in problem solving. It is also, perhaps more than anything, a story of failure. It is the story of a brilliant man trying to solve a longstanding problem. It is the story of

New Roman Boundary Stone Discovery Writes of Lost Settlements

New Roman Boundary Stone Discovery Writes of Lost Settlements

A new paper tells of a discovery in northern Galilee: a Roman boundary stone dated to the Roman 3rd century, and a surprise for researchers. The boundary stone, used to denote territorial limits and to act as a signpost, contains inscriptions relating to hitherto unknown people and places. The boundary stone was originally discovered in

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