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‘Extraordinary’ fossil reveals the oldest ant species known to science

A prehistoric hell ant that lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago had an unusual way to kill its prey and sheds new light on insect evolution, researchers have found.

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Cat-like footprints from the John Day Formation of Oregon.

Fossilized footprints reveal unprecedented insight into prehistoric animal behavior in Oregon

Unearthed skeletons reveal tough lives of Early Medieval women

A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds

An ancient ‘terror crocodile’ became a dinosaur-eating giant. Scientists say they now know why

Mysterious altar found in ancient Mayan city contains bodies – and wasn’t made by the Maya

Were dinosaurs headed for extinction even before massive asteroid strike? Scientists offer new clues

Jawbone dredged up from the seafloor expands the range of a mysterious species of ancient human

National Geographic will present "Titanic: The Digital Resurrection," a documentary that uses underwater scanning technology to unveil a digital twin of the ship.

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3D scan of Titanic sheds new light on doomed liner’s final moments

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Archaeologists uncover an ancient Egyptian tomb belonging to a mystery king

A mass grave of Roman soldiers was found under an Austrian football pitch.

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Mass grave of Roman soldiers tells gruesome tale of military disaster

View of Takarkori rock shelter from west

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Ancient DNA sheds light on origins of 7,000-year-old Saharan mummies

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The skull of a newly discovered species of human - Homo Floresiensis. Believed to be living 18,000 years ago, barely a metre tall with a skull the size of a grapefruit. The partial skeleton was discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores - 27 Oct 2004
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Sue the T. rex strikes a pose in its old location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. (Antonio Perez /Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

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What is a mass extinction, and why do scientists think we’re in the middle of one?

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Megalosaurus, the first ever dinosaur discovery

Babylonian clay model showing a nude couple engaged in kissing. Date: 1800 BC

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Humanity’s earliest recorded kiss adds new twist to the history of locking lips

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Footprints show giant carnivorous dinosaurs and their plant-eating prey drank from same Scottish watering hole

A funerary relief of a couple, a man and a woman - almost life-size - belonging to a monumental tomb in the Porta Sarno necropolis, has emerged during an archaeological excavation, as part of the research project “ <em>Investigating the Archaeology of Death in Pompeii</em> ” conducted by the Universitat de València in collaboration with the Archaeological Park (scientific direction of Prof. Llorenç Alapont).

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Rare, near-life-sized statues discovered in Pompeii tomb

Did Neanderthals make it as far east as China? Discovery of stone tools suggests it’s a possibility

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Archaeologists unearthed a cache of stone tools. Neanderthals may have made them, study finds

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Fossilized fish up to 16 million years old found in Australia, with last meal still intact

Holotype of Sirenobethylus charybdis

Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say

These discarded objects will form humanity’s lasting geological footprint, paleontologists say

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Largest fully preserved dinosaur claw unearthed in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert

Dated: 18/09/2024
In September 2022, a metal detectorist searching a field – with the landowner’s permission – near the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire, discovered what is thought to be one of the biggest Iron Age hoard found in the UK.

A team of archaeologists from Durham University were working in a separate field, close by, and he asked them to take a look. Experts from Durham University have been involved from the beginning – leading on the excavation and conservation of the items

Historic England provided emergency funding for the excavation, assessment and conservation of the finds.

The British Museum has also been involved from the beginning, providing specialist advice.

The discovery is highly significant in terms of what it can tell us about Iron-Age society, technology and the wealth and power of communities at the end of the Iron Age.

Over 800 objects have already been excavated and taken to Durham University, where they have been stabilised and are conserved. These items were buried deliberately and date from around 1st Century BC – 1st Century AD.

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‘Exceptional’ Iron Age hoard unlocks secrets of life in Britain 2,000 years ago

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‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say

Original fossil (ATE7-1) of the midface of a hominin assigned to Homo aff. erectus recovered at level TE7 of the Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos).

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Cave discovery reveals previously unknown prehistoric human population in Europe

Italian authorities to present the discovery of an "extraordinary" Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) found during archaeological excavations in the ruins of the ancient Roman port city of Ostia Antica, in Rome, Italy, March 10, 2025. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

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Discovery of ritual bath sheds light on Jewish life in ancient Rome

Archaeologists uncovered a cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools. They’re trying to determine who made them

Aerial view of the Sforza Castle, Milan, Lombardy. Italy, 14th-15th century.

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Mysterious tunnels sketched by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 1400s may have been found

A fragment of the organic glass found inside the skull of the deceased individual in Herculaneum.

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A young man’s brain turned to glass during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Scientists say they have figured out how

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World’s oldest rune stone has more pieces that contain mysterious messages, researchers say

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