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Beheaded by colonizers, buried by descendants: France finally returns skull of Malagasy King Toera

A symbol of brutal colonialism comes home after more than a century.

Illustration: Flags of France and Madagascar.
Artist’s rendering of Phytosaurs

180-million-year-old ‘crocodile’ fossil unearthed in Indian desert village

Facial reconstruction of the face of a 2500-year-old skull found in excavations at Kondgai.

Scientists rebuild ancient south indian faces - and discover traces of Middle Eastern ancestry

On both sides of the seal, Saint George is represented with a lance and a shield.

Only the second of its kind: what this ancient seal reveals about Yaroslav the Wise


Mystery at Petralona Cave: 286,000-year-old skull near Thessaloniki upends the human family tree

Buried for hundreds of thousands of years, the Petralona cranium finally reveals its ancient secret.

The Petralona skull.

Blue and white Start-up: Autism and ADHD diagnosis using AI

The next generation of autism and ADHD diagnosis: Sheba Medical Center and Start-up Revealense launch joint initiative for AI-Based autism diagnosis.

Autism and ADHD Diagnosis Using Artificial Intelligence

The scientist, the storms, and the truth: how the Bermuda Triangle myth was finally debunked

Forget Atlantis - rogue waves and bad weather tell the real story.

The Bermuda Triangle on a world map.

The Mediterranean’s most famous underwater monument hides a delicate ritual

Since 2004, experts have used eco-friendly methods to care for the Christ of the Abyss near Genoa.

A diver cleaning the Christ of the Abyss statue.

This 5,000-year-old cow tooth offers new clues to Stonehenge's origins

Isotopic data points to a journey from the Preseli Hills, possibly supporting stone transport theories.

Sheep grazing near Stonehenge.

La Tribune de l’Art Editor Leads Drive to Keep Bayeux Relic in Normandy

"There are occasional risks of tears, and a tear on such an object is irreparable," he says.

The Bayeux Tapestry as currently presented in the Bayeux Museum.

Holidaymaker strikes paleontological gold: 100-million-year-old pearl surfaces in Queensland

After two years of examinations, paleontologists confirmed the pearl's scientific value, calling it 'an incredibly rare and priceless find'.

The ancient pearl.

Archaeologists Uncover Roman ‘Flip-Flops’ in 1,600-Year-Old Bathhouse

New mosaic find in Sicily stuns scholars - and shows that summer style is older than you think.

The mosaic showing footwear that looks like flip-flops.

“Like time stopped”: second-deepest shipwreck ever discovered off the Côte d’Azur

Preserved wreck reveals secrets of 1500s trade - and the shocking presence of modern plastic trash alongside priceless relics.

Part of the deepest wreck in French waters, spotted in March 2025.

1,400-year-old Christian cross unearthed in UAE desert monastery

Stunning gypsum artifact reveals ancient faith, cultural exchange, and peaceful coexistence on Sir Bani Yas Island.

A Christian cross discovered on an island in Abu Dhabi.

NASA finds new tiny moon around Uranus, raising total to 29

The 10-kilometer-wide body orbits 56,000 kilometers from uranus's center between ophelia and bianca and awaits an IAU-approved name.

NASA finds new tiny moon around Uranus, raising total to 29.