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When was steel invented?
By Tom Metcalfe published
No one knows for sure when steel was invented, but some of the earliest examples crop up in the first millennium B.C. in Central and South Asia.
Ancient civilizations knew how to keep cool in deadly heat. We need to resurrect that lost knowledge now.
By Adriana Zuniga-Teran published
Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It's time to get that knowledge back.
People in Scandinavia may have used boats made of animal skins to hunt and trade 5,000 years ago
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
The people who created the Pitted Ware Culture may have used seal hides to build boats.
Cocaine found in mummified brains reveal that New World drug came to Italy 200 years earlier than thought
By Soumya Sagar published
Researchers unexpectedly found traces of cocaine in the mummified brain tissue of 17th-century people buried in a crypt in Milan.
Man buried with large stones on his chest to prevent him from 'rising from the grave' unearthed in Germany
By Tom Metcalfe published
Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a "revenant" grave where a man was buried with large stones on his chest to prevent him from rising from the dead.
Rare skeletons up to 30,000 years old reveal when ancient humans went through puberty
By Kristina Killgrove published
An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time modern teens do.
3,200-year-old ancient Egyptian barracks contains sword inscribed with 'Ramesses II'
By Owen Jarus published
The newfound barracks may have been built partly because the Libyans were becoming a growing threat to ancient Egypt.
Jade burial suit: 2,000-year-old 'immortality' armor worn by Chinese royalty
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
The jade burial suit was made using thousands of pieces of jade held together with gold thread.
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