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Man was digging a hole for a swimming pool and hit something that wasn’t dirt. Then he found $800,000 staring back at him

By Terrina Jairaj May 5th
Another Ancient Warrior Turns Out to Be a Woman

By Siobhan Ball Aug 7th
Archaeologists Petition To Reclassify Popular Netflix Documentary as ‘Science-Fiction’

By D.R. Medlen Dec 6th
How Am I Only Just Now Hearing About the World’s Weirdest McDonald’s?

By Rachel Ulatowski Nov 23rd
Reseachers Discover Incredible Ice Age Rock Paintings in the Amazon

By Jessica Mason Dec 2nd
New, Massive Complex Discovered Near Stonehenge

By Jessica Mason Jun 22nd
Things We Saw Today: Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: The Board Game

By Carolyn Cox Apr 15th
Things We Saw Today: Mark Hamill Trolls Star Wars Fans While Offering John Boyega Birthday Greetings

By Teresa Jusino Mar 18th
Things We Saw Today: Star Wars Kimonos That Will Up Your Jedi Robe Game

By Teresa Jusino Aug 10th
Ancient Babylonians Were Just Like Us, Complained About Poor Service From Retailers

By Victoria McNally Feb 27th
Taxidermist Recreates Face of 2,500-Year-Old, Heavily-Tatted Siberian Ice Princess

By Carolyn Cox Jan 29th
Museum Officials Admit to Gluing King Tut’s Beard Back On, Damaging It With Spatula

By Carolyn Cox Jan 22nd
Bow Down: Archaeologists Discover Tomb of Previously Unknown Pharaonic Queen

By Carolyn Cox Jan 5th
The Medieval Ages Were F****** Terrible: Skeleton Found With Stake Through Chest In “Vampire Grave”

By Carolyn Cox Oct 14th
Archaeologists Have Unearthed a Dungeon They Believe Held Vlad the Impaler (AKA Dracula) Just in Time for Halloween

By Dan Van Winkle Oct 2nd
Rats May Be off the Hook for that Whole “Spreading the Plague” Thing Thanks to New Research

By Glen Tickle Mar 31st
Archaeologists Discover 2,600-Year-Old “Warrior Prince” That’s Actually a Warrior Princess

By Rebecca Pahle Oct 18th
World’s Oldest Board Game Found in Turkey

By Maia Brown-Jackson Aug 15th
Science Says: People Buried Vampires, Tyrannosaurs Hunted Prey

By Susana Polo Jul 16th
Iron Age Medicine Tablets Among Treasures From Ancient Shipwreck

By Ian Chant Jan 8th