Dragons, archaeology, adventure—10 of the best family tours for 2025
Make your family travels more inspiring this year, with new itineraries based around conservation, archaeology, cycling and ...
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Seventy-Seven Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2024, From a Mysterious ‘Anomaly’ Near the Great Pyramid of Giza to a Missing Portrait of Henry VIII
The year's most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost ...
Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest
Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons ...
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The Coolest Archaeological Discoveries In Colorado
Located in the western United States near the Rocky Mountains, Colorado is known for its beautiful small towns with easy National Park access, beautiful mountain towns, some of the most underrated ski ...
10 fascinating archeological discoveries of 2024
More archeological excavation is needed to clarify exactly what this pit was used for. “Roman society was full of ...
America’s oldest Black town is in Illinois — and it’s dying. But the fight has begun to save it
You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or ...
America’s oldest Black town is in metro-east. It’s dying, but there’s a fight to save it
Is it significant? Yes. Is it historical? Yes. Is it neglected? Yes. So, these things should be saved, not paved over and ...
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Discover the Astounding Secrets of Scotland’s Stone Age Settlements
In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...
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Yuha Man’s skeleton was stolen before it could be dated
Childers turned his attention to another cairn, forty miles south of the Truckhaven site in the Yuha Desert. The ...