Archeology

April 16, 2025

New 3D Scans of the Titanic Reveal the Most Detailed Look at the Ship in Its Final Moments

Back in 2022, filmmaker Anthony Geffen and his team embarked upon a journey off the coast of Newfoundland. Over the course of three weeks, Geffen followed Guernsey-based company Magellan as they mapped the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, which is submerged more than 12,500 feet below the North Atlantic Ocean. Magellan gathered an unprecedented 16 terabytes of data and 715,000 images of the ill-fated ship, while Geffen produced Titanic: The Digital Resurrection for National Geographic.

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March 29, 2025

Researchers Discover Ancient Puppets at an Archaeological Site in El Salvador

The pre-Columbian history of El Salvador has been poorly studied in comparison to its neighbors in Central America. This has even led some to believe that the cultures that once settled there were isolated from the rest of the region. But now, the discovery of five ceramic puppets may shed light on how they related to other groups as well as their own rituals, traditions, and crafts. Dr.

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March 12, 2025

Newly Discovered Pompeii Frescoes Reveal a Different—Wild—Side of Ancient Roman Women

Newly discovered frescoes in Pompeii showcase a wilder and even debaucherous side of ancient Rome's women. The frescoes, deemed as a “megalography” given their nearly life-size scale, span three walls of a spacious banquet hall inside a home in Pompeii’s Region IX. Aside from being an exceptionally rare example of a megalography, the unearthed frescoes are distinct in their depiction of the Dionysiac procession, which celebrates Dionysus, the god of wine, festivities, and ecstasy.

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