Moss Doesn't Lie. Four Grave Robbers Found That Out the Hard Way.
Cemetery workers moved 1,500 bones and had a solid alibi. Then the FBI asked a museum botanist what a tiny clump of moss had been doing underground for the past year.
History
Ancient Romanian Megastructure Has No Obvious Boss
Archaeologists excavated a 6,200-year-old structure in Romania three to five times larger than every house around it, built by a culture with no kings and no palaces.
A WWII Navy Blimp Landed Itself in a California Suburb. The Crew Was Gone.
The blimp came back. The crew didn't. Eight decades later, the Navy's own investigation couldn't explain why two experienced airmen simply ceased to exist mid-flight.
Someone Served Neandertal Women for Dinner. Researchers Finally ID'd the Guests.
Bones from a Belgian cave reveal targeted cannibalism of outsider Neandertal women and children 45,000 years ago — and what that selectivity says about who Neandertals really were.
The People Who Built Teotihuacan Told Their Story. Archaeologists Are Just Learning to Read It.
A city of 125,000 people, monumental pyramids, and pottery covered in symbols that need decoding.
Lake Huron Hides an Ancient Civilization
Beneath Lake Huron stone hunting structures sit undisturbed, built on a land bridge that vanished 9,000 years ago.
A Medieval Surgeon Tried to Save a Pregnant Woman. The Grave Tells Her Story.
A 1,300-year-old grave in Italy holds a woman who underwent a risky brain surgery and a baby that shares an unexpected place in the coffin.
Ancient Clay Jar Might Be a Battery. Or a Prayer Box. Possibly Both.
A 2,000-year-old clay jar. Copper, iron, a sealed chamber. New research says it could've powered something. Experts say it probably held a prayer. Could it have been doing both?