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Glass floors reveal layers of underlying history.
Lecce, Italy

Museo Faggiano

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.
cemeteries

Found: Tower Tombs in an Empty Desert

An archaeological project has found hundreds of gravesite cairns in Jordan.
Sarah Laskow July 13, 2017
<em>Solarum jamesii</em> produces small spuds.
science

Found: Evidence That Humans Have Been Eating Potatoes in North America for Over 10,000 Years

Some starchy residue in Utah came from a native potato.
Kelsey Kennedy July 5, 2017
The skeletons were unusually large for their time.
cemeteries

Found: 5,000-Year-Old Skeletons of Very Tall People in China

They were giants for their time.
Sarah Laskow July 5, 2017
Monticello.
archaeology

Found: The Remains of Sally Hemings' Small Room at Monticello

It was right near Thomas Jefferson's bedroom.
Sarah Laskow July 3, 2017
skulls

The Remains of an Ancient 'Skull Cult' Have Been Found

A new discovery at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey sheds some light on what the structure's purpose might have been.
Erik Shilling June 29, 2017
The stones at Avebury, hanging with some sheep.
ancient cults

Found: A Hidden Stone Square Inside the World’s Largest Megalithic Stone Circles

The monument at Avebury still has secrets to be uncovered.
Sarah Laskow June 29, 2017
A mosaic from Pompeii of a similarly doomed dog.
archaeology

Roman Subway Dig Reveals Remains of an 1,800-Year-Old Dog

The pet seems to have perished in an ancient fire.
Eric Grundhauser June 26, 2017
One of the kilns.
medieval

Found: A Remarkable Trove of Medieval Pottery

Thousands of pieces of pottery were hiding under one town's Memorial Hall.
Sarah Laskow June 26, 2017
The mass grave found at Lützen.
cemeteries

How to Make Sense of a Mass Grave

A fascinating case study from the Thirty Years' War.
Sarah Laskow June 23, 2017
The recreation of a Viking settlement in Denmark.
vikings

Found: A Viking Toilet, the Oldest Bathroom in Denmark

This new discovery goes against previous ideas of Viking bathroom culture.
Sarah Laskow June 23, 2017
The prosthetic toe.
archaeology

Found: A 3,000-Year-Old Prosthetic Toe

It's one of the oldest prosthetic devices ever discovered.
Sarah Laskow June 21, 2017
bog bodies

Found: A 14th-Century Sword Dropped in a Peat Bog

It's in relatively good shape, for a centuries-old sword.
Sarah Laskow June 19, 2017
The letters were essentially invisible.
food

Found: A Hidden Request on the Back of an Ancient, Rare Pottery Shard

It’s one guy asking another to send some wine and food over.
Sarah Laskow June 16, 2017
A demonstration of how an ancient drill might have worked.
geology

Found: A 7,500-Year-Old Stone Drill Bit

Useful!
Sarah Laskow June 12, 2017
The first, almost complete, adult mandible discovered at Jebel Irhoud.
skulls

The Oldest Known Homo Sapiens Fossils Now Come From North Africa

New finds are rewriting the story of our species.
Sarah Laskow June 7, 2017
The mask.
objects of intrigue

Found: The Oldest Human-Made Metal Object Ever Discovered in South America

The mask appeared after a heavy rainstorm in the Andes.
Sarah Laskow June 6, 2017
Model of a partial dinosaur skeleton.
Laurel, Maryland

Laurel Dinosaur Park

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.