Flipboard 2025 Archaeology And Discoveries

The discovery of the Kentucky Gold Hoard was already incredible, but when historians saw the letter inscribed on some of the coins, they were even more shocked.

Excavations at Wyoming’s La Prele Mammoth site reveal Clovis-era tools, mammoth remains, hearths, bone needles, and a tiny bead, offering a vivid look at Ice Age hunting, butchery, clothing, and survival.

Colonial-era plantations uncovered in South Carolina reveal how rice, indigo, enslaved labor, and environmental engineering shaped the agricultural roots of the American South.

Iowa’s rare dinosaur fossils and spectacular well-preserved ancient sea-life discoveries are reshaping how scientists understand prehistoric life in the Midwest.

Archaeologists uncovered a 140,000-year-old submerged ecosystem off Indonesia, revealing the first physical evidence of Sundaland, a lost Ice Age world once inhabited by Homo erectus and diverse wildlife.

Recently researchers have narrowed the search for alien life dramatically, identifying 45 worlds that offer some of the best chances of finding it. We ranked the 30 most intriguing candidates.

Humanity's origin story has seemed fairly straightforward for years. Scientists knew modern humans evolved in Africa, and while plenty of details remained debated, the broad outline appeared settled. Then a team of researchers took a much closer look at ancient genetic patterns hidden inside modern DNA.

Excavators have uncovered Lefkada’s first known ancient theater, the only one yet identified in the Ionian Islands, revealing a major new chapter in Greek theater history beyond the mainland.

The mummy of Ötzi the iceman has delivered another surprise: scientists found living ancient yeasts on him and used some to make sourdough bread.

You'd think there wouldn't be much left to discover around the Great Pyramid of Giza. It has been explored, measured, mapped, photographed, and studied for generations. Not to mention the millions of tourists who've visited it and everything around it. Yet archaeologists have now found evidence of something everyone somehow missed...for more than 4,500 years.

Ancient DNA from Colombia revealed a previously unknown human population that lived near Bogotá 6,000 years ago, then vanished from the genetic record.