Unearthed in the Dead Sea desert, an ancient scroll made of copper promises the greatest treasure in history. But is this mysterious text a genuine treasure map to the lost riches of the Second Temple ...

Did dinosaurs live in Alabama? Fossils, museum finds and the famous Selma dinosaur egg reveal the state’s prehistoric past.

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The Eleusinian Mysteries were secret religious rites in ancient Greece honoring the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone, and aimed to remove the fear of death. The ceremonies included days of ...

The Mystery of Remote Ancestors looks at the possible origins of the Chinese people. Starting with the discovery of 'Dragon Bone' over a hundred years ago, the Three Gorges region of China has yielded ...

K’gari’s iconic lakes have existed for tens of thousands of years—but they haven’t always been full. New research shows that about 7,500 years ago, during a time of high rainfall, several of the ...

More than a century ago, a scratched-up slab of limestone was excavated in the modern-day Netherlands and later deemed an ancient Roman game board. Since then, the mysterious game has eluded ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A custom AI program analyzed around 100 known Roman board games to help theorize the rules to the newly analyzed example. A ...

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A pilot says Google Earth satellite images of Nikumaroro Island may show Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra, missing since her ...

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A rare Roman temple tied to a secretive cult has been unearthed in Germany — the oldest-known sanctuary of its kind in Bavaria. Its remnants were found ahead of a construction project involving ...