Flipboard 2025 Archaeology And Discoveries

Most of us learned that Sir Edmund Hillary was the first person to reach Mount Everest’s summit. But what most of us never knew was that, long before that famous ascent, another expedition made a run for the top. Decades later, searchers found one of the men who made that attempt. What they recovered was remarkable. But one missing photograph raised an amazing question that could change history.

Discover how John Wesley Powell's daring 1869 Grand Canyon expedition nearly ended in disaster after deadly rapids, lost supplies, and a mysterious disappearance.

Discoveries on Malta are revealing something new: ancient humans were crossing dangerous stretches of open sea far earlier than the surviving boats would ever suggest.

Archaeologists discovered a mysterious 35,000-year-old mammoth ivory object in a German cave. After recreating the strange artifact, researchers uncovered a surprising secret about ancient Stone Age technology and ingenuity.

Archaeologists discovered an extraordinary 13,800-year-old campsite in Alaska, revealing ancient shelters, stone tools, cooking ovens, and remarkable Ice Age survival skills.

Ancient stone tools discovered on Crete suggest Stone Age humans crossed open seas over 130,000 years ago, challenging what archaeologists thought they knew about prehistoric travel.

Scientists discovered two tiny pyrite fragments in England that suggest ancient humans mastered fire-making 400,000 years ago, challenging previous timelines and revealing surprising new evidence about early Neanderthal technology.

When David Hole found a heavy rock with his metal detector, he took it home and tried to get it open. He thought there was gold inside—lots of gold. Three years later, he brought it to a museum and learned just how wrong he’d been.

Hundreds of skeletons discovered at India's mysterious Roopkund Lake baffled scientists for decades. DNA analysis revealed unexpected Mediterranean ancestry, a 1,000-year gap, and an extraordinary mystery hidden in the Himalayas.

Archaeologists excavating a Roman cemetery in Poland uncovered a 5,000-year-old necklace made of 42 teeth, alongside mysterious human remains and ancient artifacts that could reveal surprising prehistoric burial secrets.

Something isn't adding up. As astronomers discover more distant worlds and develop increasingly powerful ways to search for life, one enormous question keeps hanging over the cosmos, and the possible answers are stranger than many people realize.

Archaeologists in Mali uncovered Djenné-Djeno, an ancient city of earthen mounds that flourished for centuries before Islam transformed West Africa.