Mystery shipwreck that claimed captain’s life found at bottom of Lake Superior after 74 years

A World War II-era steamship that sank along with its captain in a strong storm in 1940 has been found at the bottom of Lake Superior after a 10-year search. The 244-foot SS Arlington lay under 650 feet of water around 35 miles north of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula for 74 years and was only found

There Are Strong Indications the Lost City of Atlantis May be Buried Under African Desert

Dozens and dozens of locations have been suggested as the real Atlantis since Plato’s work describing the lost city was first discovered by modern scholars, but none have ever been proven definitively. Armchair archaeologists of the internet have never been quite as willing to let go of this mythological city as experts have though, and

The Ancient Origins of the Easter Bunny

A scholar traces the folk figure’s history from the Neolithic era to today The Easter bunny is a much-celebrated character in American Easter celebrations. On Easter Sunday, children look for hidden special treats, often chocolate Easter eggs, that the Easter bunny might have left behind. As a folklorist, I’m aware of the origins of the

Archaeologists unearth ‘world’s oldest’ beer brewery in Egypt

Celebrations and drinking go hand-in-hand on many occasions and manufacture of alcoholic beverages is a millions-worth industry. Our ancestors loved to drink too. Our scriptures and folk tales are full of them. But definitive proof of industrial production of a chilled refreshment has (perhaps) been found for the first time. A high production brewery believed

Deadly Prehistoric Sea Monster Found Inside Second, Slightly Larger Sea Monster

Paleontologists have made a unique find: A 5-meter Triassic ichthyosaur with a 4-meter Triassic thalattosaur jammed down its gullet. By all appearances, the former literally bit off more than it could chew and choked on it. One of the challenges of studying prehistoric ecosystems is figuring out what, exactly, was eating what. Coarse-grained distinctions and