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A Metal Detectorist In Switzerland Just Found A Nine-Inch Bronze Axe That Dates Back 3,500 Years

The Bronze Age axe found in Burg im Leimental, Switzerland, is more than 3,000 years old, and may have been left as a religious offering.
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Sting Operation Busts Bulgarian Gang Trafficking 4,600 Stolen Ancient Artifacts

Had the smugglers not been caught, they would have made millions of euros selling the stolen artifacts in the London art ...
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Archaeologists In Italy Just Unearthed An Ancient Roman Tomb Covered With Massive Carvings Of Gladiators In Combat

A flood in Apollosa, Italy, revealed limestone blocks carved with reliefs of battling gladiators that were part of a monument ...
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Archaeologists Just Uncovered A 2,100-Year-Old Sling Bullet Inscribed With The Message ‘Learn Your Lesson’

This 2,100-year-old lead projectile found in the Golan Heights is inscribed with an ominous warning translated as, "Learn you ...
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Archaeologists Just Unearthed An Intact Cannonball That Was Likely Fired During The Battle Of The Alamo

The cannonball appears to date back to 1836 and may have been fired by the Mexican Army during the historic Battle of the ...
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Fred Noonan, The Navigator Who Vanished Alongside Amelia Earhart

Fred Noonan vanished alongside Amelia Earhart over the Pacific Ocean in 1937, and some believe that he may have made a fatal ...
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Property Development In Scotland Turned Up An Ancient Roman Fortlet Sitting Right Beneath The Gardens Of Neighboring Houses

Archaeologists in Bearsden discovered the ruins of a 1,900-year-old fortlet alongside the Roman Empire's famous Antonine Wall ...
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Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican Sweat Lodge From The 14th Century Unearthed In Mexico City

The sweat lodge is over 600 years and was used primarily as a place of purification after battle, before childbirth, and ...
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A Hiker Just Stumbled Upon An Ancient Figurine Of A Bull’s Head On The Spanish Island Of Mallorca

A hiker in Mallorca's Serra de Tramuntana mountains stumbled upon a tiny bronze bull's head believed to be at least 2,200 ...
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Archaeologists In Germany May Have Just Identified The Oldest Handgun Ever Found In Europe

A bronze weapon found in Kletzke, Germany appears to date back to 1390, which would make it the oldest-known handgun ever ...
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40-Million-Year-Old Mating Flies Found In Rare Australian Amber Fossil

The historic findings include a pair of 41-million-year-old flies frozen in amber while mating. Published in the journal of ...
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Inside The Who Concert Disaster, The Stampede That Killed 11 Young Fans In 1979

The Who concert disaster took place in December 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio, when a crowd surge before the show killed 11 fans.