Flipboard 2025 Archaeology And Discoveries

Archaeologists in Bulgaria unearthed a significant historical treasure hidden in the sewer system below an ancient city—but its discovery is not what’s making history.

History is full of unsolved mysteries, but sometimes, new technology leads historians to answers. Here are some historical mysteries that we’ve recently figured out.

Researchers studying ancient DNA have revealed new information about disease-resistant genes and the migration patterns of peoples from thousands of years ago.

Imagine this: you’re following an archaeological team across the west bank of the Nile at Luxor. The air tastes dry with dust, grainy beneath your boots. On your left, massive mud-brick walls rise in a saw-toothed zigzag, casting bold shadows in the afternoon sun. You pause. Then realize you’re not in a tomb—you’re in a city untouched for millennia. Keep reading if you’re ready to be transported three thousand years back and explore how one of ancient Egypt’s greatest rulers built—and one of its most controversial abandoned.

Discover the astonishing story of a $4 thrift-store vase in Maryland that turned out to be a genuine 1,200-year-old Maya artifact. Learn how the piece was identified, authenticated, and ultimately repatriated to Mexico, highlighting modern efforts to protect cultural heritage and the remarkable journey of an ancient treasure hidden in plain sight.

Strange clues from centuries ago keep resurfacing, and researchers now have a tool sharp enough to make sense of them. Archaeologists are turning to advanced X-ray dating to uncover when early colonizers shaped the iron they left behind.

Whether Polynesians reached the Americas before Europeans appeared on the scene is one of history's great unknowns, but DNA analysis is providing new clues.

Giza's greatest mysteries might still be underground. While millions snap photos of the pyramids, researchers probe beneath the surface, finding hidden passages and peculiar features that challenge everything we thought we understood about ancient Egypt.

Archaeologists at the Hittite site of Samuha (modern Kayalıpınar) in central Turkey announced the discovery of 56 cuneiform tablets and 22 seal impressions.

Something strange sits high in the North Caucasus mountains, so odd that even seasoned researchers paused when they found it. The Khara-Hora Shaft has no confirmed builders and no features that align with known ancient engineering.

Scientists thnk they may have cracked the language of the ancient city of Teotihuacan, allowing us to read the messages of a long-lost people.