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.

Severe drought at Iraq’s Mosul Dam reveals 40 ancient Hellenistic-era tombs, uncovering long-submerged burial practices and hidden history beneath the reservoir.

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.

Off the coast of France, one interesting secret just surfaced. A massive stone wall sits underwater, built by people who supposedly lacked the skill for such projects. Turns out, history books missed something big.

Beneath quiet water, a network once thrived. Boats weren’t personal property but shared tools, linking people, places, and beliefs. One unearthed canoe now helps piece together how Indigenous life flowed across the landscape.

In 2018, routine road construction near Taiyuan in China’s Shanxi Province led to an unexpected pause. Beneath the ground lay an intact Tang dynasty tomb dating to 736 CE. Archaeologists soon identified the burial as belonging to an elderly couple, likely a man aged sixty-three and his wife. What transformed the find from notable to remarkable was the interior. Nearly every wall and ceiling surface was covered in vivid murals. Color survived. Detail remained sharp. Together, these paintings offered something rare. Instead of focusing on emperors or ritual symbolism, the tomb preserved scenes of ordinary life. The discovery also revealed everyday life in one of China’s most influential eras through vivid visual detail. So, explore how these remarkably preserved murals turn an ancient tomb into a vivid record of everyday life during the Tang dynasty.

Everyone loves a good myth, especially when experts roll their eyes. Time passed. Dust settled. Evidence refused to stay buried, and familiar fairy tales suddenly came back, wearing boots, teeth, walls, and fingerprints everywhere.

9-year-old fossil hunter Molly Sampson discovered a rare 15-million-year-old Megalodon tooth on Christmas morning in Maryland, uncovering prehistoric history and inspiring explorers everywhere.

In October 2025, scientists published groundbreaking research in Geophysical Research Letters. A volcano in Iran that hadn't erupted in 700,000 years was moving now. The ground was swelling, and it could disrupt the findings.

Cusco has never been just stone and sky. Beneath the footsteps of tourists and locals alike, something older has been listening. Long-ignored stories now read less like legend and more like unfinished history.

They’re small. They’re mummified. They don’t look human. And once images of them hit the internet, everything exploded. Some people saw proof of extraterrestrial life. Others saw a hoax. What scientists found next didn’t settle the debate—it complicated it.

​Once-dry coastlines now rest beneath shallow seas, preserving traces of how early people lived and planned. A submerged stone wall from deep prehistory challenges long-held assumptions about hunter-gatherer life. Built with purpose and used repeatedly, it points to coordination, foresight, and shared knowledge long before farming or permanent settlements appeared.