Tag: Discovered

A Woman Found a Folder in a Drawer. When She Opened It, She Discovered 35 Forgotten Rembrandt Etchings

Charlotte Meyer's grandfather acquired the artworks between 1900 and 1920. Now, they're going on view for the first time...

4,700-Year-Old Tombs Discovered in Southwest Egypt

A research team from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has announced new discoveries at Qubbet Al-Hawa, a well-known...

An Unknown Woman: how I discovered a hidden tragedy tied to Russia’s most famous painting | Painting

Sentimental Value is one of those films you have to watch very closely. In the Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s...

12,000-Year-Old Clothing Made of Animal Hide Discovered in Oregon

A team of 13 archaeologists and scientists from universities in Oregon and Nevada have successfully dated a cache of...

Intimate photographs of 1970s East London squatters discovered decades later

When filmmaker Derek Smith began sorting through...

Drawing of Foot Discovered as Michelangelo Work Sells for $27.2 M.

Last March, a person who now wishes to remain anonymous submitted a photograph of a small, framed drawing of...

Archaeologists Are Finally Unraveling the Secrets of the Shipwreck Discovered 20 Feet Below the Streets of Manhattan

Researchers are opening a new investigation into the timbers, which may have once belonged to the "Tyger," a Dutch...

Mummified Cheetahs Discovered in Caves Could Help Saudi Arabia Bring the Wild Cat Back to Its Historical Range

Researchers thought that just one subspecies of cheetah lived in Saudi Arabia long ago. But an unexpected discovery seems...

Archaeologists Say This 9,500-Year-Old Burial Is the Oldest Known Evidence of Intentional Cremation Discovered in Africa

Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for...

Archaeologists Unearthed a 430,000-Year-Old Stick. After Careful Analysis, They Say It Could Be the Oldest Wooden Tool Ever Discovered

Found in southern Greece, the stick was one of two wooden artifacts that appear to have been shaped intentionally,...

Photographer Who Discovered Vital Clue in Spain Train Crash Sparked Media ‘Firestorm’

The New York Times photographer who stumbled across a vital clue at...

The World’s Oldest Cave Art, Discovered in Indonesia, Is at Least 67,800 Years Old

Image by Ahdi Agus Okta­viana Over the cen­turies, a vari­ety of places have laid cred­i­ble claim to being the world’s...