A monthly excavation of oddities and antiquities

After a decade and a half of excavations, archæologists have uncovered the naturally mummified remains of well over 100 indigenous Yakuts of north-eastern Siberia, one of the coldest places on Earth.

The elevator pitch made this trip sound very glamorous, but it’s nearing 43ºC and I’ve been stooping around in the desert for over an hour, eyes fixed on the arid earth. We’re in the Turkana Basin in

GARETH PUGH AND CARSON MCCOLL TALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DEVISING DR KELSON’S “ACTUALISED MEMENTO MORI”

A rich collection of Iron Age artefacts has been unearthed in West Norfolk, England. The hoard includes a near-complete Iron Age battle trumpet, known as a carnyx. Embellished with animal heads, this

Humans, not glaciers, transported Stonehenge’s megaliths across Great ...

Thanks to a pair of eagle-eyed dog walkers, ...