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Archaeologists Found a Roman-Era Battlefield Grave Filled With Brutal Pelvic Injuries
A Roman-era mass grave in Vienna held at least 128 young men, many with severe pelvic injuries likely caused during combat.
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Photo: GoodLifeStudio / Getty Images Archaeologists Finally Figured Out How a Medieval Man Got Severe Car Crash Injuries 700 Years Ago
His remains were absolutely wrecked by more than 160 fractures, including 61 breaks in the skull.
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Archaeologists Rediscover 30-Million-Year-Old Dog Fossil Hiding in a Museum Collection
The near-complete skeleton belongs to Mesocyon coryphaeus, an extinct canid that was stockier and more flexible than modern dogs.
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Ancient Shackled Men Found Near Athens Were Probably Locals, Not Invaders
Tooth analysis suggests the men grew up near Athens, raising new questions about why they were executed and buried in chains.
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Archaeologists Found Coins Depicting Wrestlers Inside a 2,400-Year-Old Grave
Coins showing wrestlers were found inside the tomb, but experts say more evidence is needed to confirm who was buried there.
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Photo: Reinhard Dirscherl / Getty Images Archaeologists Thought These Cannibalistic Ancient Humans Ate Children. They Were Only Half Right.
So many discoveries around ancient kids suffering horrors lately.
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Photo: nichao1117 / Getty Images Our Ancestors Were ‘Hobbits’ Who Had a Strange Relationship With Komodo Dragons, Study Finds
Three-foot-tall dudes living alongside the world’s largest lizards. What could be better.
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Archaeologists Found a Lost Maya City in Mexico’s Jungle, Complete With a 43-Foot Pyramid and a Fitting Name
Archaeologists used LiDAR to locate a remote Maya city whose name means “there is no path,” and what they found shocked them.
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Everything We Know About the 2,300-Year-Old Beer Found Inside an Ancient Tomb
When archaeologists raid ancient tombs, they usually uncover the trinkets and tchotchkes people hoped to carry with them into the afterlife.
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Photo: Nicholas Skopal, et al. / Antiquity Archaeologists Made a Disturbing Discovery Inside These Massive Stone Jars
I’m sure they smelled great.
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Photo: D-Keine / Getty Images Archaeologists Found Hundreds of Mass Graves So Large They Can Be Seen From Space
The reason people were buried with their animals nearby is the same reason pharaohs were entombed alongside treasures.
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Anadolu/Contributor/Getty Images Archaeologists Discovered a Lost Underwater Graveyard in a Tiny Stretch of Sea
The collection of shipwrecks includes Roman cargo ships, stealthy Spanish gunboats, WWII relics, and one very important box of combs.
