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This 1940 time capsule came with its own windmill

Thornwell Jacobs, the president of Oglethorpe University in Georgia, worked out that 6,177 years had passed since the start of the Egyptian calendar, and decided to aim the same di...

Buried Time Capsule In Cave Reveals Previously Unknown Ancient Population Linked To North America

Jan Bartek -  AncientPages.com -  In a remote part of the world, scientists explored a cave high in the mountains. Long ago, this area was a key crossroads for ancient trade. Even...

Do not open before 2276: US buries time capsule

A Cave So Dangerous to Reach, It Preserved 179 Ritual Objects for More Than 1,100 Years

Learn how a cave’s difficult descent and flooded passage preserved evidence of Zoque rain and fertility rituals in Chiapas, Mexico, for over 1,100 years.

Codes and Ciphers, by Robert C. S. Adey.

Codes and Ciphers by Robert C. S. Adey.        Originally published in The Mystery Lover’s Newsletter, 1969. Vol II No. 6, pp. 10/11:        Like so many other things, Mr. Edgar Al...

A Newly Discovered 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb Is Remarkably Preserved but Faces Growing Flood Risks

Discover the latest major find in Egyptian archaeology with experts racing against a changing climate to protect ancient monuments.

Archaeologists Thought This Was a Roman Temple. It Might Actually Be a 1,700-Year-Old Library

Using an innovative approach, scientists reevaluated a room thought to be a cult shrine, finding more evidence that this was actually a rare library.

A Mummified Dog and Stacked Bodies Reveal a Crowded Egyptian Tomb’s Hidden Order

Learn how a layered chamber near Luxor reveals how generations made room for new burials while preserving traces of the past.

An impenetrable steel 'Black Box' will record every step humanity takes toward catastrophe

Tasmania’s rugged West Coast will soon be home to an angular steel structure with a haunting purpose: to record every step humanity takes toward catastrophe.

Archaeologists Discover a Forgotten 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb – Now They’re Racing To Save It

A newly discovered Ramesside tomb near Luxor is revealing details about ancient Egyptian burial practices while facing growing danger from flash flooding. Standing at the entrance...

The ancient spark plug and other "out-of-place artifacts"

The Coso artifact, dug from a California hillside in 1961 and claimed to be prehistoric, was "actually a 1920s spark plug that had become encased in a concretion." It...

Ancient Mystery Of The Submerged Platinum Coffins And Giant Bones

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -  Standing atop the mountain, he reflected on legends of the ancient submerged city beneath the ocean. Once a splendid and sacred kingdom, it was sa...

An impenetrable steel 'Black Box' will record every step humanity takes toward catastrophe

Tasmania’s rugged West Coast will soon be home to an angular steel structure with a haunting purpose: to record every step humanity takes toward catastrophe.

16 mummies and a dog reveal a hidden order inside an ancient Egyptian tomb

A tomb in Egypt’s Theban Necropolis reveals a surprisingly organized story of burial, reuse, and changing beliefs spanning hundreds of years. Researchers found 16 mummified people,...

Byzantine Underground Labyrinth Unearthed: Major Previously Unknown Subterranean Complex Confirms Ancient Legends

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered large, previously unknown subterranean structures built by skilled Eastern Roman Empire craftsmen. Experts are now cle...

A 12,900-year-old cave in Türkiye reveals a forgotten world of hunter-gatherers and ancient fires

The Koskarlı Cave in Türkiye has unveiled a remarkable 12,900-year-old layer showcasing the life of hunter-gatherers. This extraordinary find includes evidence of Epipalaeolithic...

Prehistoric Transition: A newly revealed cave in Israel may reveal secrets of early Neanderthals

Rediscovered right on the edge of a bustling town, frantic archeologist calls not only delayed a highway to be through it, but got the route rerouted to a bridge over it. Why is th...

How to Make a Time Capsule That Will Last 250 Years

The America250 time capsule will hold dozens of historical treasures. Avoiding dampness and other dangers requires lots of engineering.

‘Mysteries of a Communist Cave’ Investigates the Exotic Origins of a Parisian Party Headquarters

Like its predecessor, ‘The House of Doctor Koolhaas,’ this second installment in the Gumshoe series masquerades as a pulpy detective novel.

Ancient Roman scrolls destroyed by Mount Vesuvius digitally unrolled in full for first time

This Silicon Valley-backed venture is unraveling the mangled remains of scrolls ruined by the 79 C.E. eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Herculaneum and Pompeii

The Peking Man fossils vanished in 1941 and are still missing

The Peking Man fossils — the Homo erectus skullcaps and bones from Zhoukoudian cave that anchored the theory that humans evolved in Asia — disappeared in December 1941 and haven't...

Newly Decoded Masons' Marks Reveal Clues About Ancient Libyan Gate

PTOLEMAIS, LIBYA—According the Greek Reporter, University of Warsaw archaeologist Anna Urszula Kordas has decoded hundreds […] The post Newly Decoded Masons' Marks Reveal Clues Abo...

The vast Bronze Age masterpiece that lay hidden in the mountains for centuries

By Stephen Lioy, CNN Saimaluu Tash Valley, Kyrgyzstan (CNN) — Under the dark canopy of night, the starry sky is reflected by the stones. Ten thousand rocks, carved with nearly 90,0...

Entire Carbonized Herculaneum Scroll Virtually Unwrapped

NAPLES, ITALY—Scientists have fully “unwrapped” an entire carbonized papyrus scroll preserved by the eruption of […] The post Entire Carbonized Herculaneum Scroll Virtually Unwrapp...