Flipboard 2025 Archaeology And Discoveries

Scientists uncovered over 90 dinosaur fossils in northern British Columbia, revealing a surprisingly diverse ecosystem from 68 million years ago.

Archaeologists uncovered 28 ancient horses buried in France. Could their mysterious deaths reveal a forgotten battle from Rome's conquest of Gaul?

George Mallory disappeared near the top of Everest, leaving behind a family and a question people couldn’t stop asking. Seventy-five years later, climbers finally found him. You might think that would have settled things. But what they found, and what they didn’t, only made the story harder to explain.

Scientists discovered a 66-million-year-old feather preserved in fossilized dinosaur poop. Its unusual structure could reveal new clues about why some prehistoric birds survived the asteroid impact while others disappeared.

Archaeologists uncover a 1,600-year-old Samaritan villa in Kafr Qasim, Israel, revealing stunning mosaics, ancient rituals, and a forgotten community.

Recent experiments with monkeys and apes are changing how archaeologists interpret ancient stone tools, revealing surprising similarities in tool choice, precision, accidental flakes, and early hominin behavior.

Archaeologists uncover 17th-century artifacts in Massachusetts, revealing surprising details about early colonial homes, religion, wealth, and daily life.

Archaeologists uncovered a 6,200-year-old stitched animal hide in British Columbia that may reveal how ancient people made and wore footwear.

Ancient DNA and archaeological discoveries reveal how early humans crossed oceans, conquered harsh landscapes, and travelled farther than scientists once imagined.

A California scientist spotted something strange in a creek and discovered an exceptionally preserved mastodon tooth estimated to be at least 10,000 years old, revealing clues about the Ice Age.

When hikers found a body in the Alps in 1991, nobody expected it to become one of the world’s most famous archaeological discoveries. Scientists eventually worked out how old he was. But ten years passed before they spotted the detail that changed his story completely.

DNA is revealing mysterious “ghost populations” of ancient humans whose fossils have never been identified, from Africa to Asia and the Americas.