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Digital model of La Pileta cave. Credit: D. Antón et al., Journal of Archaeological Science (2025)
19 SEP 2025 · 2 MIN

Spanish Researchers Create First Complete 3D Map of Historic La Pileta Cave Using Advanced LiDAR

University of Seville researchers have successfully captured the first comprehensive three-dimensional digital model of La Pileta Cave in Benaoján, Málaga, using cutting-edge LiDAR technology. This breakthrough provides unprecedented documentation of one of…
The carved turtle in the heart of the cave complex suggests a hidden Stone Age religion. Source: PNAS / Omry Barzilai et al.
11 DEC 2024 · 3 MIN

Carved Stone Age Turtle Reveals Ancient Middle East Religion

Archaeologists working in the Manot Cave system in Galilee have found a mysterious carving deep within the darkness. The sculpture, apparently of a tortoise or turtle, is extremely unusual. For one, it…
Pythagoras with visual representations of some of his numerology theories. His stranger ideas have been omitted. Source: J Augustus Knapp / Public Domain.
2 OCT 2024 · 6 MIN

The Wild Life and the Ridiculous Death of Pythagoras

You all know about Pythagoras, the triangle guy? His brilliant theorem to calculate the lengths of the sides of a right-angled triangle is elegant, and unlike almost every other idea the ancient…