Even though ancient people died, or their civilizations were wiped-out by catastrophes, they left behind evidence of how they once lived. This collection reveals some of the wonders which archeologists have uncovered.
After the ancient Olympics were no-longer held, and the buildings were destroyed either by man or by nature, many of the ruins were covered with flood...
When Florence Bascom taught geology at Bryn Mawr, she was part of the first women's college in America to offer a PhD program for female students. It ...
Before it was destroyed by volcanic debris spewed from Mt.
The rediscovery of Pompeii initially happens by chance - in 1599 - when Domenico Fontana (an architect) is called in to investigate why workers diggin...
In his second letter (6.20), Pliny the Younger describes what he heard, and saw, after he and his mother left his uncle's villa. Among other things, ...
Mike Everhart tells us where he and his wife, Pam, found the skull of a young male Pteranodon in an area of Smoky Hill Chalk, Kansas.
Napoleon's soldiers were digging the foundation of a fort when they found a huge black stone covered with inscriptions. Who could have believed it hel...
Alexander the Great had a way to keep the loyalty of conquered people: He respected their customs and traditions. Showing he meant what he said, he m...
When scientists created the hybrid dinosaur Indominus Rex, in the Hammond Lab at Jurassic World, they used DNA from Rugops. Meet a recreated Rugops in...
Image of a drawing depicting Samuel Beckles at his legendary excavation in 1857 on the cliffs of Durlston Bay.
This image depicts Heinrich Schliemann before he began his excavations at the Hisarlik Mound.
There is an interesting place in the Bavarian region of Germany known as the Solnhofen Limestone. Its a place which features wonderful fossils, inclu...
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