Moat and ramparts of the medieval town of Stolzenberg, Poland
M. Krzepkowski
The bark of birch trees (left) has been used to produce tar for more than 150,000 years. Birch bark tar (center) is shown condensed onto a rock next to a hearth. When scraped off the rocks, the viscous tar (right) can be used as both an adhesive and antibiotic.
Tjaark Siemssen, CC-BY 4.0

News March 23, 2026

Cannonball Dated to the Battle of the Alamo

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Exploding shot fragments found outside the Alamo Church
Alamo Trust, Inc.

News March 23, 2026

Seated Skeleton Found in France

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Excavation in the courtyard of the Josephine Baker school on rue Turgot, Dijon, France
© Christophe Fouquin, INRAP

News March 23, 2026

Inscribed Sling Bullet Unearthed in Israel

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News March 20, 2026

Celtic Temple Site Excavated in Eastern France

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Pedestal and large stone table during excavation, Mancey, France
Laboratoire Archéologie et Archéométrie
Natufian butterfly clay bead, colored red with ocher and marked with the fingerprints of the child who modeled it 12,000 years ago
Laurent Davin

News March 19, 2026

France Returns Sacred Drum to Ivory Coast

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Repatriation ceremony for talking drum, Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Museum, Paris, France
Musée des Civilisations de Côte d'Ivoire