Sumerian Star Map Recorded the Impact of an Asteroid (2024)(archaeologyworlds.com)

134 points by griffzhowl 8 months ago | 44 comments

Sturddlefish(en.wikipedia.org)

50 points by isp 3 years ago | 18 comments

Germany's Fairytale Castles Added to UNESCO's World Heritage List(smithsonianmag.com)

61 points by ulrischa 1 year ago | 36 comments

North America's Oldest Known Pterosaur(si.edu)

12 points by gmays 1 year ago | 4 comments

Protomaps – A free and open source map of the world(protomaps.com)

909 points by rcarmo 3 years ago | 147 comments

Homepage of Protomaps, an open source map of the world deployable as a single static file on cloud storage.

12,000-year-old realistic human statue was unearthed(arkeonews.net)

327 points by khole 3 years ago | 196 comments

Arkeonews article on new finds at Göbeklitepe and Karahantepe, including a roughly 12,000-year-old human statue with a realistic facial expression.