Newly found prehistoric "giant rat" species named after princess
The ancient creature offers new clues about how early rodents evolved to enormous sizes.
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The ancient creature offers new clues about how early rodents evolved to enormous sizes.
More than a dozen ancient canoes uncovered in a Wisconsin lake offer insights into prehistoric Indigenous transportation practices and traditions, archaeologists said.
Researchers used advanced technology to digitally "unroll" an ancient Greek text on carbonized papyrus, and now they're reading it.
The expedition's lead archaeologist announced the find at the Archaeological Institute of America's annual meeting.
The gold pendants — flat, thin, single-sided gold medals called bracteates — date from around A.D. 500, experts say.
