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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNUnderwater Archaeologists Capture Photos of Japanese Warship That Hasn't Been Seen Since It Sank During World War IIDuring World War II, a Japanese Navy destroyer called the Teruzuki sank in the Pacific waters near the Solomon Islands. Now, ...
Scientific analysis and community-led research led to the identification of the Earl of Chatham, which was found last year.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNA Child's Skull That Has Long Confounded Archaeologists Might Be a Human-Neanderthal Hybrid, Study SuggestsIn 1931, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old remains of a child, among other individuals, in Skhūl Cave on ...
Discovery Channel’s popular show “Expedition Unknown” was on site to document the discovery of 12 human skeletons and ...
The 500-year-old clue got them started, but archaeologists needed more modern georadar techniques to finish the job.
The New Kingdom cemetery houses mummies, amulets, statues, canopic jars to store organs and a 43-foot-long papyrus scroll ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNArchaeologists Find 300-Year-Old Shipwreck in What Used to Be ‘One of the Baddest Pirate Lairs on Earth’Pirates attacked the Portuguese warship, named the "Nossa Senhora do Cabo," and made off with many of the treasures the ship ...
The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part ...
Dinosaurs may have ruled the prehistoric world with their size and strength, but apparently, they also had moves. A team of ...
The Roman Empire built 73 miles of wall to fortify its northern border in Great Britain. In AD 122, the Emperor Hadrian ...
British archaeologists recently helped uncover multistory buildings from the ancient Egyptian city Imet in the Nile Delta, ...
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNArchaeologists Discover Site Where George Washington Stopped a Friendly Fire Incident by Blocking Muskets With His SwordIn 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish ...
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