Date of sighting: Oct 2, 2026Location of sighting: Snohomish, Washington, USASource: NUFORCThis orb was spotted coming over the Washington state mountains last week. The glowing…
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Records released by the National Security Agency to The Black Vault in September 2025, and now being published online by The Black Vault, provide additional…
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False door from the tomb of Sekhentio-Ptah in the Bubasteion Necropolis, Saqqara, Egypt SAQQARA, EGYPT—According to an Ahram Online report, an intact Old Kingdom (ca. 2649–2150 B.C.) tomb belonging to a high-ranking official and a series of interconnected shafts containing burials have been uncovered in Saqqara’s Bubasteion Necropolis. The tomb of Sekhentio-Ptah is made up…
WROCŁAW, POLAND—According to a Science in Poland report, a team of researchers led by Paweł Dąbrowski of Wrocław Medical University analyzed teeth and samples of dental plaque taken from some 200 people who lived in the city of Wrocław between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries. All of the individuals had been buried in…
Burial, Ghent, Belgium GHENT, BELGIUM—VRT News reports that a cemetery was discovered next to a church in Ghent’s Flax Market when archaeologists tested the area for a safe place to plant a tree as part of a resurfacing project. Four skeletons were uncovered during the excavation, but archaeologists estimate that as many as 240 people…
Ancient footprints in Kenya reveal that eight Paranthropus boisei may have traveled together 1.4 million years ago, with some individuals reaching surprisingly large, human-like body sizes. The tracks offer a rare glimpse of their social behavior and suggest these extinct human relatives may have lived in more complex groups than previously thought.
Weapons buried with ancient Egyptian princesses may have been more than ceremonial decorations. Researchers studying royal mummies from Dahshur found bone changes consistent with years of archery and other strenuous weapon use. Several women also showed evidence of healed injuries, suggesting surprisingly active lifestyles that may have included hunting or military training.
SANTA MARINELLA, ITALY—Traces of a possible Etruscan port have been found some 300 feet off the coast of central Italy, under about five feet of water, according to a Greek Reporter article. Divers under the direction of Mauro Giorgi of Sapienza University were conducting a survey of the seafloor near the remnants of the Etruscan…
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—An international team of researchers including Clara Granzotto of the University of Copenhagen and Rebecca J. Stacey of the British Museum has analyzed the proteins in 28 samples of paint taken from 14 Egyptian artifacts ranging in date from 1425 B.C. to A.D. 400, Phys.org reports. The coffins, wall paintings from tombs, painted limestone,…
TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN—According to a Daryo report, a mural has been found at the Boburtepa site in southern Uzbekistan by Sanjar Abdurakhimov of the Institute of Archaeology of Samarkand and his colleagues. Painted on a layer of clay on the wall of a building thought to have been used as a temple in the fourth and…
Ancient fossils suggest insects conquered land through a long amphibious phase rather than making an abrupt jump from water to dry ground. A newly identified 324-million-year-old species still carried paddle-like abdominal limbs, revealing an evolutionary bridge between aquatic ancestors and modern six-legged insects.
Viking textile fragment VARDE, DENMARK—La Brújula Verde reports that textile fragments have been discovered in a Viking woman’s eighth-century tomb at the Skonager site in Western Jutland. The rare bits of cloth were found attached to the front and back of two scoop brooches, known for their concave shape, by researchers from the Vejle Conservation…
