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Sep 14, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond
"I think this was really the most intimate piece of evidence that we have of the humanity who lived and breathed and worked and played here at our ancient city."Hidden for thousands of years in the ruins of the coastal city of Antiochia ad Cragum was evidence that ancient Romans were just as immature as we are when it comes to bathroom humor.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond |Leah Silverman
The Equal Earth projection hopes to put an end to distorted world maps for good. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond |John Kuroski
The skeletons were found remarkably undisturbed in a small room, untouched for nearly 2,000 years. Even after nearly 2,000 years, the ruins of the great city of Pompeii continue to serve as a treasure trove for archaeologists.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond |John Kuroski
"The material analyzed in this study is probably the most ancient archaeological solid residue of cheese ever found to date."The latest discovery from a team of archaeologists in Egypt has taken aged cheese to a whole new level. In a paper published in July in the journal Analytical Chemistry, a team of archaeologists revealed that they discovered the oldest specimen of cheese ever found.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond
Ancient Romans feared that "evils" would haunt them from the grave — and took drastic measures to keep that from happening. Archaeologists have uncovered a “vampire burial” at an ancient Roman cemetery in Italy. The ten-year-old child’s skeletal remains were found with a rock placed in his or her mouth and the researchers believe that it was purposefully inserted there to stop the child from rising from the dead and infecting the living with malaria, a news release said.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond |John Kuroski
Who built Stonehenge? And why? Some unusual corpses found there may have finally solved this mystery. Plenty of mystery has always surrounded Stonehenge — and new discoveries about the origins of human remains found buried at the structure are now raising even more questions. Study of Stonehenge typically focuses on its structure rather than the people buried at the site, but a new study published on Aug.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond |John Kuroski
Researchers studied walrus ivory from museums around Europe to help reach their conclusion. The debate surrounding the Norse’s decision to settle on icy and treacherous Greenland, as well as their prosperous existence on such rough terrain has raged for decades. But, a new report may hold some long awaited answers.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond |John Kuroski
First discovered in 1913, it has taken researchers over a century to unravel the piece of clothing's secrets. Everyone knows the frustration that comes with trying to find a missing sock. Now imagine finding one 1,700 years later. That’s precisely what happened when this Ancient Egyptian sock was first plucked from a trash dump in the early 1900s. Today, the sock is letting researchers in on the secrets of Egyptian fashion, manufacturing, and trade practices during the Late Antique period.
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May 31, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond |Leah Silverman
The toxic chemical wreaked havoc on the people of Vietnam during the Vietnam War and had debilitating side effects that many continue to feel today. For the 40 years following the end of the Vietnam War the U.S. corporation, Monsanto, has largely evaded responsibility for their role in a chemical attack which had disastrous effects on Vietnamese civilians. But now the Vietnamese government demands that Monsanto pay compensation to the victims of Agent Orange.
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May 27, 2024 | 
allthatsinteresting.com | Caroline Redmond |John Kuroski
A high concentration of the 900 statues are located on the coast of the remote island and researchers have always wondered why they were constructed – until now. For centuries, the famous statues that dot the coast of the remote Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific have both fascinated and puzzled archaeologists. Now, a team of archaeologists claims to have answered one of the biggest questions surrounding the mysterious stone figures: why they were built in the first place.
