Piles of bones lead researchers to this 15,000 year-old ancient hunting ground used during the last Ice Age
History


100 years ago, the League of Nations was formed

On this Remembrance Day, we look back at the idea that led to the United Nations


Archaeologists discover 30 sealed coffins in Egypt

The find near Luxor, Egypt is especially rare as similar wooden coffins had all been opened by robbers long ago


Light reading — A new way to decode charred papyrus scrolls

A new technology might help scientists read 2,000 year-old scrolls burnt by Vesuvius in 79 AD


Meet the ancient worm that died in its tracks

Sad but true, this 550-million-year-old creature was amazingly fossilized along with its ‘footprint’


New Zealand was a land of ancient big birds

A pair of fossils reveal both the largest parrot and penguin species ever known