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Archaeologists Just Learned Why This Treasure Ended Up At The Bottom Of A River In England. It Took Them Decades To Solve The Mystery
19+ hour, 22+ min ago (881+ words) Gary Bankhead/You Tube Divers Gary Bankhead (pictured) and his brother, Trevor, discovered the artifacts in the River Wear in Durham, England. Between 2007 and 2009, divers Gary and Trevor Bankhead discovered a wealth of religious relics at the bottom of the…...
Archeologists Uncover A Millennia-Old Bronze Sword Inside An Ancient Tower In Sardinia
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (844+ words) Microgen Adobe Stock/Reinhard Adobe Stock Archaeologists discovered the sword at Nuraghe Barru, an ancient tower complex in Sardinia, Italy. Archaeologists recently uncovered a sealed well in Sardinia, Italy. Within the well, the team found ceremonial vessels that appear to…...
'Like Something From The Underworld': 20 Stunning Photos Of Hang Son Doong, The World's Largest Cave
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (985+ words) In the early 1990s, a Vietnamese man named Ho Khanh stumbled upon a massive cavern in the jungle. He didn't know it at the time, but he'd made a groundbreaking discovery. Today, Hang Son Doong is recognized as the largest cave…...
Archaeologists Found A 1, 900-Year-Old Roman Cup. Then They Saw What Was Written On It
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (558+ words) Britannia A rendering of what the "Berlanga Cup" would look like reassembled. Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of a 2nd-century C. E. cup found on farmland in La Cerrada de Arroyo, near Berlanga de Duero, Spain. This artifact is the latest in…...
Would You Stay In This Florida Airbnb In The Middle Of The Ocean? : "We Did Have To Take A Boat To Get Here
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (784+ words) @outsidewithanya/Tik Tok Guests have to take a boat just to get to the Airbnb in Key West's Man of War Harbor. Unique Airbnbs have become their own genre of internet content. Someone finds an unconventional but picturesque listing like…...
Pablo Escobar's Net Worth: How A Colombian Farmer's Son Came To Be Worth $25 Billion
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (941+ words) Pablo Escobar was born into a poor Colombian family in 1949. But when he was killed at age 44, he was one of the wealthiest men on Earth. So, what was Pablo Escobar's net worth at the time of his death? As…...
'Like Wild Dogs They Did Fight': The Raucous History Of 19th-Century New York's Dead Rabbits Gang
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (973+ words) National Academy of Design An 1858 painting by George Henry Hall entitled A Dead Rabbit or Study of an Irishman. The 2002 film Gangs of New York focuses on two gangs in 19th-century New York: the Natives and the Dead Rabbits. In…...
Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy, JFK's Beloved Younger Sister Who Died In A Plane Crash At Just 28
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (1288+ words) John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Kathleen Cavendish " better known as Kick Kennedy " did not live long enough to see her brother Jack become president. Kathleen Cavendish, also known as "Kick Kennedy," led a dramatic life. She was the younger…...
Researchers Just Realized That This Island In A Scottish Lake Is Actually Manmade " And It Predates Stonehenge
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (664+ words) Blankshein et al. , Advances in Archaeological Practice (2026)The crannog was built in Loch Bhorgastail around 5, 000 years ago. In a lake on northern Scotland's Isle of Lewis sits a tiny island that appears to be a simple stone mound. However, archaeologists…...
The SS United States Was Once The Fastest Ocean Liner. It's About To Become The Largest Artificial Reef
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (910+ words) Public Domain The rusted exterior of the SS United States. Once the fastest ocean liner'in history, the SS United States is getting ready to take on a new title: the world's largest artificial reef. In a Tik Tok video with…...