When a fire devastated the The Overfield Tavern Museum in 2024, archaeologists got to work excavating the site. What they found was a treasure trove of artifacts that tell a story about American history. | Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists excavating an ancient hill fort near Worthing have made some intriguing discoveries of "national importance", according to an expert who led the project. More here: https://bbc.in/45h49WP | BBC Sussex

In 2008, archaeologists excavating near Heslington, England, unearthed something astonishing — a human skull buried face down in a wet clay pit, with no accompanying skeleton. Inside the skull, researchers discovered an exceptionally well-preserved human brain estimated to be around 2,600 years old. Unlike most organic tissues, brain matter typically decomposes rapidly after death. Yet, in this case, the soft tissue remained intact. Known as the Heslington Brain, it has baffled scientists for ov