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An Egyptian Slab Lost in Berlin During World War II Has Been Found—in Michigan

Safe and sound, 70 years later.
Kelsey Kennedy June 2, 2017
A later engraving of the Valley Forge encampment.
weapons

A Stash of 30 Hidden Bayonets Was Discovered in Valley Forge

“No one has ever found this many together.”
Sarah Laskow June 2, 2017
New York, New York

Preserved Remnants of 17th Century New York

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
Permanently Closed
Lewes, Delaware

Roosevelt Inlet Shipwreck

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.
Judean date palm in 2012.
Ketura, Israel

Judean Date Palm Methuselah

This tree was extinct for a thousand years before sprouting again from a 2,000-year-old seed.
The canister shot after being cleaned up.
weapons

This Revolutionary War Shot Still Has Traces of Human Blood on It

A rare artifact from a pivotal moment in American history.
Sarah Laskow May 22, 2017
The excavation in the cave.
caves

Found: Earliest Evidence of Humans Living on the Australian Coast

An island cave held artifacts from 50,000 years ago.
Sarah Laskow May 19, 2017
Temporary exhibition building
Cartagena, Spain

National Museum of Underwater Archeology

An impressive display of ships and artifacts from the ancient Mediterranean maritime trade.
A Hopewell mound site in Chillicothe, Ohio.
meteorites

The Mystery of the 2,000-Year-Old Iron Beads

First they came from space, and then went 450 miles more.
Kelsey Kennedy May 16, 2017
Munitions.
Kansas City, Missouri

Treasures of the Steamboat Arabia

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.
Mock up of Mazarrón 2 during archaeological invstigation, National Museum of Underwater Archaeology, Cartagena,
Puerto de Mazarrón, Spain

Phoenician Ships of Mazarrón

Two 2,500-year-old Phoenician boats found on the coast of Spain, giving incredible insight into the ancient maritime traders.
An orderly Egyptian funeral garden, the first ever found.
science

Lettuce for the Dead in a Tidy, 4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Funeral Garden

The find is the first of its kind.
Samir S. Patel May 8, 2017
A Sheela-na-gig in Cratloe, Ireland.
maps

Mapping Ireland's Mysterious Carvings of Old Women Exposing Their Genitals

Sheela-na-gigs can be found all over the country, but it's only recently that academics have been brave enough to study them.
Cara Giaimo May 1, 2017
Graffiti left behind by soldiers.
tunnels

Found: World War I Training Tunnels Full of Live Grenades

Also, toffee tins, mess kits, and a 1930s sports car.
Sarah Laskow April 25, 2017
San Nicolas Island
Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California

San Nicolas Island

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
A wax figure of Dr. Reiche sits at her typewriter at the museum dedicated to her life.
Nazca, Peru

Maria Reiche Museum

A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.
Wall painting at Kapova Cave (Russia). The caverns here are an area of acoustic research for Reznikoff.
archaeology

With Archaeoacoustics, Researchers Listen for Clues to the Prehistoric Past

Investigators in this small, emerging field make noise in caves and measure resonance.
Emma Jacobs April 13, 2017
Contractors help unearth a coffin at the 218 Arch Street construction site in Philadelphia.
cemeteries

What Do You Do With Hundreds of Unearthed Human Bones?

When a Philadelphia construction company dug up an old cemetery, local archaeologists stepped in to help—because there was no one else.
Cara Giaimo April 12, 2017