Miles Brucker articles

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Excavations in northern Benin revealed a large iron-smelting site, confirming the region’s role in West Africa’s early metallurgy.

The clues weren’t in scrolls. They were buried in ash and clay. It turns out that some of the most powerful changes in history start with fire and the minds that manage it.
July 14, 2025 Miles Brucker
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Researchers analyzing a long-forgotten stone at Stonehenge think it may have been built to unify ancient British tribes.

Ignored for years, one central stone was finally tested and revealed a surprising source: Scotland’s Orcadian Basin. Now, you’d think, “Hm, how is that relevant?” Let's break it down.
July 10, 2025 Miles Brucker
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A staggering 30-foot mound in Maharashtra is reshaping archaeologists’ understanding of Indian history as far back as 3,000 years.

Beneath a hill in central India, ruins slept for centuries. Now, scientists have discovered layered traces of ancient life, some of which are older than any found nearby. What they uncovered could reset the timeline of Indian civilization’s early expansion.
July 10, 2025 Miles Brucker
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Excavators in Illinois discovered a massive complex of mounds, revealing a city called Cahokia that rivaled medieval London in size.

Beneath a quiet field in Illinois once stood the most complex city in precolonial North America. A thousand years ago, this city flourished where few expected it. Its residents moved mountains—literally—and left clues in earth and ash.
July 10, 2025 Miles Brucker
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Archaeologists digging in the remote Andes mountains recently discovered more than 100 structures linked to a mysterious Pre-Columbian civilization.

Archaeological expeditions don't always go according to plan. But occasionally, teams stumble onto something that exceeds their wildest expectations. Peru just delivered one of those rare moments.
July 9, 2025 Miles Brucker
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Researchers uncovered skeletal remains on King William Island, giving grim insights into the fate of lost Arctic explorers.

The Arctic keeps its secrets well. But sometimes, modern science cracks open tales that have leered over us for generations. DNA analysis recently revealed something incredible about explorers who vanished in 1845
July 4, 2025 Miles Brucker

Researchers found a 6th-century BCE observatory at Buto Temple in Kafr El Sheikh that may have helped Egyptian priests map the stars.

At Buto Temple, archaeologists found a structure with sun-aligned walls and carved tools. Its design suggests it supported star mapping by offering new insight into how ancient Egyptians measured time and ritual.
July 3, 2025 Miles Brucker
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Archaeologists discovered a long-lost sanctuary dedicated to Apollo in Cyprus, shedding light on ancient Mediterranean religion.

Apollo once reigned in Olympus until a divine offense led Zeus to strip him of his immortality. Yet mortals still revered him—and now, archaeologists have uncovered powerful new evidence of that devotion in ancient Tamassos.
July 1, 2025 Miles Brucker
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Archaeologists uncovered a 1,300-year-old throne room in Peru, suggesting a powerful queen once ruled the "Greeks of the Andes."

In a dusty corner of Peru’s Ancash Region, archaeologists found something unexpected—a painted hall and the unmistakable image of a woman in power. Now, whatever history knew of ancient Andean rule must be re-examined.
June 30, 2025 Miles Brucker