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Salisbury, England

Amesbury Archer

Pivotal in the research of early British Bronze Age life, found near Stonehenge.
Horses supported travel, communication, agriculture, and warfare across much of the ancient world.
animals

The First Horse Domestication Was Later Than We Thought

Where and when did horses become our helpers? Science has some new and surprising answers.
William Taylor September 16, 2024
The birds turn their feathers red by bathing in rusty water or rubbing themselves with damp red soil.
nature

Meet the Bone-Eating Vulture That Dyes Itself the Color of Blood

You don't get more hardcore than the lammergeier.
Cara Giaimo September 6, 2024
Cologne, Germany

Shrine of the Three Kings

The bones of the Biblical Magi traveled to Constantinople and Milan before landing in their current home inside an elaborate golden reliquary in the Cologne Cathedral.
science

The Ancient Secrets Hidden in 41,000 Bison Bones

Thousands of bones from Colorado's Jones-Miller site offer a detailed picture of Ice Age hunting—and a few mysteries.
Stephen E. Nash June 3, 2024
Cape Town, South Africa

Beach Hut Whale Bones

This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.
A near-complete fossil skeleton of <em>Protemnodon viator</em> from Lake Callabonna, missing just a few bones from the hand, foot, and tail.
animals

Giant Kangaroos Once Towered Over Humans at 8 Feet Tall

New studies from a boneyard of fossilized skeletons may reveal why the 'roos grew and hopped the way they do.
Olivia Young April 17, 2024
skulls

The Viking Women With Intentionally Reshaped Skulls

Scientists posit how and why the ladies achieved the cone-head look.
Meg St-Esprit April 15, 2024
Lund, Sweden

(Alleged) Piece of Descartes' Skull

Could this controversial parietal bone be the remains of the famed French philosopher?
Bristol, England

John Cabot's Whalebone

A 15th-century whalebone is tucked away in an unassuming corner of this medieval church.
Brooklyn, New York

The Bone Museum

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
Union, Kentucky

Diorama Pit at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site

A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.
If the bones aren’t taken care of correctly, the spirit could put a curse on the family.
bones

Meet the Man Who Digs Up Graves to Lift Curses

Families hire a bone collector in Taiwan to fix problematic tombs—and sometimes deal with ghosts.
Clarissa Wei October 5, 2023
A large bone hangs from a chain in a church.
Warszawa, Poland

The Mammoth Bone

A massive mammoth bone has been on display inside this church since the 18th century.
The true reasoning behind this undead-decapitating sickle burial is likely lost to time.
cemeteries

The Truth Behind Poland's 'Anti-Vampire' Graves

Can recent excavations answer questions about death and demonology in the 1600s?
Sam O'Brien August 14, 2023
Designed by English sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, models of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals were destined for Central Park's never-realized Paleozoic Museum.
dinosaurs

The Bizarre True Story of Central Park’s Doomed Victorian Dinosaur Museum

For centuries, the infamous Boss Tweed was blamed for destroying its dino-models—but what really happened is even weirder.
Sarah Durn August 3, 2023
A reconstruction of <em>P. colossus</em> shows it in its coastal habitat. The head is an educated guess because a skull has not been found yet.
science

Paleontologists in Peru Discover What Might Be the 'Chonkiest Whale Ever'

And maybe the heaviest animal the world has ever seen.
Roxanne Hoorn August 2, 2023
skulls

Podcast: Dmanisi

An archaeological site in Georgia challenges what we think we know about the deep human past.
The Podcast Team August 2, 2023