Few men are memorialized in such a contradictory manner as Konrad von Hochstaden. Surely a man who laid the cornerstone of one of Europe’s greatest churches—The Cologne cathedral—should be remembered fondly. And he is…sometimes. (See the mosaic below.) …

It was the largest hoard of Viking treasure ever to have been found in Britain, including a mysterious metal pot that promised to expose more precious artefacts. Now this little pot’s secrets have finally been revealed almost two years after it was discovered, …

The Statue of Ramesses II is a giant sculpture of 12 meters high carved in the New Kingdom of Egypt, during the reign of Ramses II, Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Finding The colossus was discovered in 1820 by the Italian …

In the heart of the Yukon wilderness, Parker Schnabel and his dedicated mining crew are facing a pivotal point in their gold-mining journey. With nearly $60 million in gold already extracted, the seasoned miner is now challenged by diminishing …

A team of researchers reported that at least 20 carnivorous mammals lived in southern Germany 11.5 million years ago in a fossil site called Hammerschmiede. Recent excavations have unearthed many fossil animals and plants, including 350 individual mammalian …

Mummification is the process of preserving the body after death by deliberately drying or embalming flesh. This typically involves removing moisture from a deceased body and using chemicals or natural preservatives, such as resin, to desiccate the flesh …

World’s Only Fossils of T. Rex Skin Suggest It Was Covered in Scales—Not Feathers. This fossilized skin comes from the neck of a Tyrannosaurus rex. In a surprise win for Jurassic World fans, fossil skin samples suggest that several tyrannosaurs were scaly …

On March 8, 2014, archaeologists at the Xilin Gol league museum in Xilinhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, photograph the inside of a recently excavated coffin. On March 8, a 1,500-year-old coffin discovered from Xilin Gol league grassland …

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