In 2003, a heavy rainstorm hit the ruins of Teotihuacán, the ancient city just outside Mexico City. Water pooled in front of the Temple of the Plumed Serpent (also commonly known as the…
Imagine digging into the golden sands of Egypt, expecting to find remnants of old pottery or bones but instead you discover 13 untouched, sealed coffins. In the year 2020, archaeologists came across 13…
Picture yourself at the base of massive cliffs, the sun beating down on the Theban desert. The air feels heavy with heat, just like it must have thousands of years ago. Off in…
When Fire Fell from the SkyImagine standing on your porch before dawn, the world cloaked in a heavy, uneasy darkness. The air feels thick. A strange stillness presses in from all sides. And…
In a quiet pasture in central Romania, a faint chirp from a metal detector cracked the silence. Beneath the sod, just a few inches below the surface, lay something untouched by human hands…
Two Discoveries, Two Continents — One Growing MysteryIn just the past year, two astonishing discoveries have quietly reshaped the conversation around our ancient past. On the surface, these finds couldn’t be farther apart:…
Today, most people in the United States speak English. Walk into nearly any government office, business, or classroom, and you'll likely hear it spoken fluently and see it written on nearly every document.…
Rising dramatically from the rugged terrain of the Tibetan Plateau and Sichuan Province, the Himalayan Towers—also known as Stone Star-Shaped Towers—stand as solemn sentinels of a civilization long forgotten. These mysterious structures, some reaching heights…
Across the remote and often overlooked islands of the Pacific, archaeologists have uncovered a series of anomalous discoveries that challenge conventional historical narratives. These finds — ranging from giant stone footprints, elongated skulls,…
It sounds like something out of a science fiction novel: a sunken city, hidden beneath the ocean for what could be over 140,000 years old. But that’s exactly what a team of researchers…
When most people hear “Iroquois Confederacy,” they think of a powerful alliance of Indigenous nations in the Northeast and maybe a line or two in a history textbook about the Great Law of…
You know those creepy stories that just won't go away? The ones people keep telling around campfires generation after generation? Well, Scotland has this absolute nightmare of a tale about a guy named…
At Dinge, we believe meaningful progress doesn’t happen at the extremes—it happens in the space between. Today’s discourse around history, archaeology, and human origins is fractured, caught between two polarized camps.On one side,…
A Royal Façade Hides a Forgotten LabyrinthBeneath the gilded splendor of Warsaw’s Wilanów Palace—long hailed as Poland’s “Versailles”—archaeologists have uncovered something unexpected: a network of underground tunnels, hidden chambers, and ritual spaces possibly…
In Úbeda—a town where history is as much a part of the landscape as the rolling Andalusian hills—it’s easy to take old stone walls and winding cobblestone streets for granted. But even in…
Somewhere in the shadowy corners of early American history lies a story we've nearly forgotten - the tale of Cofitachequi. This thriving Indigenous chiefdom emerged around 1300 CE in what's now the southeastern…
If someone were to tell you that the first windmills were invented over 1000 years ago, would you believe them? In the arid expanse of northeastern Iran, where the relentless winds carve through…
They walked the same ground. They felt the sun on their faces. And yet, their world was entirely different. Or was it?In the heart of the Eurasian steppes, where the wind still howls…
Picture yourself standing on an ancient shoreline, waves gently breaking against rocks. People once walked these same grounds thousands of years ago—hunting, living, thriving. Their stories have remained hidden... until now.In a fascinating…
In the quiet soil of Tennessee, just beneath the shade of magnolias and oaks, something powerful has been rediscovered—something long overlooked, but never truly gone.At The Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson’s sprawling plantation estate,…
Imagine going to bed on October 4th and waking up… on October 15th. No, you didn't party that hard—your calendar just got updated by the Pope. This actually happened in 1582, when entire…
It’s not like January 1st in the year 1 AD everyone agreed to start over or something, right? So when did this really begin? The system of counting years in AD and BC wasn't…
Imagine standing in a dimly lit tunnel, your fingertips brushing against cool limestone walls that have witnessed centuries of history. The air is still, carrying the weight of time and the whispers of…
For as long as humans have walked the earth, we have looked up and wondered: what if? What if we could slip the bonds of gravity and soar like the birds? What if…
Archaeologists working at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have made some pretty exciting discoveries that might just bring a bit of the Bible to life. The church, widely believed to…
Devil's Lair: A 47,000-Year-Old Mystery Beneath Western AustraliaImagine stepping into a limestone cave in Western Australia and realizing you're standing where humans have stood for over 47,000 years. That's Devil's Lair for you—not…
You know those moments when history suddenly feels alive? That's what's happening right now in Milan, where researchers have stumbled upon something straight out of a thriller novel: a network of hidden passageways…
Let’s talk about early Dutch settlements in America, and how the Dutch East India Company (VOC)’s influence is a key factor here. During the early 1600s, the Dutch were highly active in the…
History has a funny way of hiding in plain sight. Deep in northern Israel, at the ancient city of Megiddo, archaeologists have uncovered something that might connect right back to the Bible. Scattered…
For centuries, rumors swirled about a vast underground tunnel system hidden beneath the ancient city of Cusco, Peru. Now, archaeologists have confirmed that these long-rumored passageways—some stretching over a mile—are real, revealing a…
A groundbreaking study of ancient stone tools from Southeast Asia is reshaping our understanding of early maritime technology. Archaeological evidence now suggests that as far back as 40,000 years ago, the people of…
Credit to Israel Antiquities Authority for the featured imageA family outing in southern Israel took an unexpected turn earlier this month when a three-year-old girl discovered an ancient artifact dating back nearly 3,800…
A team of archaeologists has unearthed an extraordinary funerary relief in Pompeii’s Porta Sarno necropolis, featuring a nearly life-size depiction of a man and a woman. This significant find is part of the…
If you’ve ever taken a train ride through North Carolina’s rolling hills or watched the sunset over an old railway bridge, you’ve seen the silent remains of a story few still tell—the story…
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was emblematic of its era's economic and cultural dominance, playing a significant role in global trade and, at times, the stealing of cultural artifacts. Established in 1602,…
For centuries, myths and folklore from nearly every corner of the world have hinted at something extraordinary beneath our feet. Stories about caves and burial chambers, vast underground cities, advanced civilizations, and realms…