After studying the samples, Dr. Evans determined that the cave spiders had been hijacked by a fungus he dubbed Gibellula ...

"Beer is a quintessential Mesopotamian food stuff ... It really defines Mesopotamian identities in many ways." ...

Like most gods in the Aztec pantheon, Tezcatlipoca is difficult to define in a succinct manner. He was a multifaceted figure, embodying a variety of concepts ranging from the night sky to conflict and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt recently announced the discovery of the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II — the first royal burial chamber to be unearthed since Howard Carter found the tomb of King ...

The Shroud of Turin, or the Holy Shroud, is believed by some to be Jesus Christ’s burial garment. The centuries-old linen cloth appears to bear the faint image of a crucified man who endured horrific ...

For 13 years, archaeological excavations in Libya had been paused due to civil war. But archaeologists were finally able to return to the country in 2023 and, while performing excavations in the ...

Andrew Borden is best known as an unfortunate victim in a double ax murder — which his own daughter Lizzie was accused of committing. Ever since Andrew and his wife Abby were butchered on August 4, ...

For more than a century, archaeologists have been finding decapitated human skulls at Iron Age sites in Spain. Many of these skulls were once nailed to walls in both public areas and domestic settings ...

Around 500,000 years ago, a sinkhole opened in Florida’s Big Bend region. Hundreds of animals met their deaths in its depths, and their remains were eventually entombed in sediment. In 2022, two ...

With the head of a lion, the body of a woman, and near uncontrollable blood lust, Sekhmet stands out as one of ancient Egypt’s most fearsome and revered goddesses. Associated with the sun god Ra, and ...

If you spend enough time on the internet, you’re bound to come across any number of strange stories. Online forums have spawned a new wave of urban legends ranging from Slender Man to the ...

With an eye toward the future, developers in London are planning to turn an old office building into a 32-story skyscraper. But archaeologists who’d been called to check out the site beforehand ended ...