Alex Summers articles

A walk in a field with a metal detector uncovered an amazing relic left over from Tudor England: a gold pendant linked to the wedding of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. The discovery is an amazing addition to our knowledge of England's turbulent royal past.

Archaeologists in southern Andalusia recently uncovered a massive stone tomb that dates back an astonishing 5,000 years. The structure, buried beneath layers of soil near the town of Teba, appears far more elaborate than most prehistoric graves found in the region.

Some states just lean into higher education harder than others. Using recent educational attainment data for adults age 25 and over, we’ve put together a ranking of the 20 states with the most college graduates. Let’s see which states are stacking the most diplomas.

It began more than a century ago, deep within the ancient turquoise mines of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. There, faint carvings etched into the stone puzzled archaeologists for decades—symbols that seemed familiar, yet resisted translation.

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It’s wild how a quiet hillside can suddenly rewrite everything we thought we knew. A buried Roman tomb just surfaced in Albania, and it’s packed with clues about belief and the kind of wealth nobody expected to find there.

The ancient site of Chersonesus in Crimea was the scene of a major breakthrough in the identification of a mysterious marble head discovered back in 2003. The find reshapes our understanding of the Black Sea frontiers of the Roman Empire.

For decades, archaeologists searched the Valley of the Kings, chasing traces of forgotten pharaohs beneath Egypt’s endless sands. Now, after years of patient survey work, they’ve uncovered something remarkable—the tomb of Thutmose II. This discovery marks the first royal burial found since Tutankhamun’s in 1922, complete with painted ceilings and fragments that once surrounded a king. For history lovers and curious minds alike, this isn’t just another dig — it’s a rare glimpse into Egypt’s golden past.

In the golden heat of Aswan’s cliffs, a small cloud of dust rose as archaeologists pried open a sealed rock-cut doorway. For 4,000 years, no one had breathed that air. Inside the tombs of Qubbat al-Hawa, the team found what every Egyptologist dreams of—funerary treasures and painted hieroglyphs lying exactly where ancient hands had left them. No thieves. No decay. Just time, waiting to be read.