Archeology
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3,000-year-old ‘Lost Golden City’ found under the sands of EgyptThe buried city of Aten was built in the golden age of Ancient Egypt, and would have been used by powerful pharaohs such as Tutankhamun.TrendingApr 9, 2021
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New Dead Sea Scroll fragments found in Israel’s Cave of HorrorArcheologists also discovered the 6,000-year-old bones of a child and a 10,000-year-old woven basket said to be the oldest in existence.ScienceMar 16, 2021
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2,000-year-old mummy found with gold tongue ‘amulet’ in EgyptArcheologists have unearthed a mummy with a gold tongue in Alexandria, Egypt, at a site linked to the famous Queen Cleopatra VII.TrendingFeb 5, 2021
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Travel the world without leaving home, thanks to Peterborough virtual reality company'We have 40 sites from all over the world,' AVROD founder Jeremy Brooks said of his virtual reality travel programming. 'You can explore sites from almost 20 countries.'TechFeb 4, 2021
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Discovery of two million-year-old tools shows human adaptability: University of Calgary scientistTo the uninitiated, they look like chipped rocks. To Julio Mercader of the University of Calgary, they look like two-million-year-old messages from the dawn of human technology.CanadaJan 7, 2021
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Canadian ‘cursed’ by stolen Pompeii relics returns them with a ‘sorry’A Canadian woman says she's had nothing but bad luck, including cancer and financial woes, since taking artifacts from Pompeii in 2005.TrendingOct 14, 2020
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Video shows divers recovering 1,700-year-old jugs from Roman shipwreckA local found the shipwreck just a few metres off shore in Mallorca, near the tourist hotspot of S'Arenal Beach.TrendingSep 30, 2019
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Iraq drought reveals 3,400-year-old palace hidden in reservoirA Kurdish-German team of researchers made the discovery in the Mosul Dam reservoir on the banks of the Tigris River.WorldJun 29, 2019
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Fossils give evidence of asteroid strike that might have killed dinosaursThe researchers say they found evidence in North Dakota of the asteroid hit in Mexico, including fish with hot glass in their gills from flaming debris that showered back down on Earth.ScienceMar 29, 2019
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Unravelling the mysteries and secrets beneath one of Canada’s oldest cemeteriesArcheology and geomatics experts plan to survey a graveyard at Canada's first national historic site using ground penetrating radar and drones to map out the site and identify where exactly the unmarked graves are.CanadaDec 2, 2018
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