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Shipwrecks can reveal fascinating details about the ancient world. They can tell us what goods people were trading, how ships were being built and can even provide information on the [...]

Human burials are some of the most poignant and famous archaeological remains that survive from the ancient world. People were buried in a variety of ways, from being entombed within [...]

A huge number of priceless treasures have disappeared from the historical record throughout the ages. These artefacts often go missing due to theft or under mysterious circumstances during times of [...]

At their height, around 1500, the Aztecs controlled a large amount of territory in central Mexico. They grew their empire through military conquest. 'According to their own histories, military power [...]

Stonehenge is a massive stone monument on a chalky plain north of the modern-day city of Salisbury, England. Research shows that the site continuously evolved over about 10,000 years and [...]

The upper half of a giant statue of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II has been discovered near the ancient city of Hermopolis. The large stone piece is about 3.8 [...]

The Maya have lived in Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula since at least 1800 BCE, flourishing in the region for thousands of years. The Maya civilisation collapsed between 800 [...]

A 1,500-year-old text recording a section of Psalm 86, also known as 'a prayer of David', has been discovered in what was a monastery 11 miles southeast of Jerusalem in [...]

The article discusses 24 missing treasures from history, including the Stolen Aztec Treasure, the Ark of the Covenant, and the Sarcophagus of Menkaure. These treasures have been lost or stolen throughout history, and their whereabouts remain unknown. Some treasures, like the stolen artwork from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, have never been recovered, while others, like the Q Source and Love's Labour's Won, are speculated to exist but have no known copies. The article also mentions stolen artworks by Caravaggio and Raphael, missing Fabergé Easter eggs, and the stolen Jules Rimet trophy. [Extracted from the article]

A 2,000-year-old 'lost book' discussing the dynasties that succeeded Alexander the Great may finally be deciphered nearly two millennia after the text was partially destroyed in the eruption of Mount [...]

Archaeologists in Egypt have found a 16-metre-long papyrus containing sections from the Book of the Dead. The more than 2,000-year-old document was found within a coffin in a tomb south [...]

The British Museum and the Greek government are in talks about returning the Parthenon Marbles, also called the Elgin Marbles, to Greece. The marbles are a series of sculptures that [...]

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed stunning gold jewellery, including a ring depicting the 'god of fun', in a burial that's more than 3,300 years old, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism [...]

Some ancient societies had written languages, but deciphering their texts can be an almostI impossible task. So how do experts figure out how to translate ancient words into modern ones? [...]

When the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza around 4,500 years ago, the Nile River had an arm - one that has long since vanished-with high water levels that [...]

According to the Hebrew Bible, the ark was constructed by the Israelites while they were camping out in the Sinai Desert after they fled Egypt. The Hebrew Bible doesn't specify [...]

Born on the island of Corsica in 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was christened Napoleone di Buonaparte, but later changed his name when he married in 1796. He rose from a family [...]

A bronze sculpture of a snake with a human head, along with a large number of other artefacts including finds made of bronze, jade and gold, have been discovered in [...]

Archaeologists have discovered 46 stunning depictions of goddesses from ancient Egypt buried under layers of soot and bird poop. Artists created the detailed and colourful frescoes on the ceiling of [...]

Artefacts found in Japan may be ninja weapons, including several that look like forerunners to the throwing star. Archaeologists excavated the artefacts between 1960 and 2010 at several sites in [...]

A new ultra-powerful scan of the Great Pyramid of Giza using cosmic rays could reveal the identities of two mysterious voids inside. The largest of the two voids is located [...]

An ancient necropolis with 40 tombs, including cylindrical jars filled with human remains, has been discovered on the French island of Corsica. The people buried in the cemetery range from [...]

Gold miners have discovered partial skeletons of three woolly mammoths, which may have been part of the same family, at Little Flake Mine near Dawson City, Yukon, in Canada. They [...]

Ewell-preserved ancient Greek helmet likely worn by a soldier during a war with the Persians has been found in the Port of Haifa in Israel. The 2,500-year-old helmet was found [...]

The number of mummy-filled coffins found in a series of burial shafts at Saqqara in Egypt keeps growing. At the start of September 2020, a team of archaeologists had found [...]

While excavating a mausoleum in Luoyang, China, archaeologists discovered an artefact that may finally confirm that a mysterious tomb belongs to Emperor Liu Zhi - who reigned from 146 to [...]

The number of mummy-filled coffins found in a series of burial shafts at Saqqara in Egypt keeps growing. At the start of September 2020, a team of archaeologists had found [...]

The Great Pyramid stands on the Giza Plateau in Egypt. Using this technology, scientists discovered a hidden corridor above the pyramid's ancient entrance. This photo of the corridor was taken using an endoscope. [Extracted from the article]

Owen Jarus, Live Science contributor Throughout the course of history, disease Romana, a period from 27 BC to AD 180 when Rome ~ outbreaks have ravaged humanity, sometimes was at the height of its power. changing the course of history and, attimes, signalling the end of entire civilisations. H1 Nl Swine Flu pandemic: 2009-2010 This pandemic was caused by a new strain of H 1 N l. Zika Virus epidemic: 2015 to the present It originated in Mexico and spread throughout the The impact of the recent Zika epidemic in South and world. HIV, which is the virus that causes AIDS, probably developed from a West African Ebola epidemic: 2014-2016 chimpanzee virus that transferred to humans in West Ebola ravaged West Africa, with 28 600 reported Africa in the 1920s. The virus that caused the pandemic was a blend of avian flu Russian plague: 1770-1772 viruses. [Extracted from the article]

A computer system used by a Canadian government agency cannot calculate a rate increase for people on disability and social support programs, and fixing it will take years and cost […]