Lauren Fokas

Fejee Mermaid at the Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and EthnologyMysteries

Scientists Identify the 'Mermaid' That Washed Up in Japan as Being a Monkey-Fish-Lizard Hybrid

Lauren Fokas · April 13, 2024
An image from early on in the excavation at Must Farm showing some of the wood massDiscoveries

A City Frozen in Time Discovered and Dubbed 'Britain's Pompeii'

Lauren Fokas · April 4, 2024
Digital illustration of the Confederate flag/Digital illustration of the flag of the USAModern History

Most Americans Fail This Civil War Quiz

Lauren Fokas · April 1, 2024
Flat map of every country on planet EarthAncient World

Match the Flag to the Country

Lauren Fokas · March 26, 2024
Satellite true color image of Lake Mead on July 19, 2022, during the 2020-22 North American drought/Lake Powell and Grand Staircase–Escalante from spaceModern History

States Engaged in Heated Debates as Water Levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell Continue to Drop

Lauren Fokas · March 25, 2024
Woolly mammoth model Royal BC Museum in VictoriaDiscoveries

Startup Company Says It Is Very Close to Bringing the Woolly Mammoth Back to Life Using Elephant Cells

Lauren Fokas · March 21, 2024
Satellite image of the continent of Africa/People walking through the brush of AfricaDiscoveries

New Research Indicates That We Were Wrong About the Birthplace of Humanity

Lauren Fokas · March 21, 2024
Offical poster for the Summer Olympic Games 2024 in Paris, France, with a red circle drawn around the controversial church spire, by artist Ugo GattoniAncient World

Cross Removed From the France Olympics Official Poster Sparks Outrage From Christians: 'It Is Stupidity'

Lauren Fokas · March 20, 2024
Aerial view of Barro Colorado Island in the Panama CanalDiscoveries

Ancient Lost Forest Was Recently Discovered

Lauren Fokas · March 20, 2024
Photograph of a blue dragon floating in the waterModern History

Officials Warn Spring Breakers Not to Touch Extraterrestrial-Looking Blue Creatures Washing Up on Texas Beaches

Lauren Fokas · March 18, 2024
Image of the Bible with a beam of light coming from the pagesAncient World

How Well Do You Really Know the Bible?

Lauren Fokas · March 16, 2024
Painting of Leda and the Swan found in the House of Leda in PompeiiDiscoveries

2,000-Year-Old Pristine Painting Discovered in the Volcanic Rubble of Pompeii

Lauren Fokas · March 15, 2024
Exceptionally well preserved wooden cellar found in the ancient city of Nida in Frankfurt, GermanyDiscoveries

Exceptionally Preserved Wooden Structure From the Roman Age Discovered After House Fire

Lauren Fokas · March 15, 2024
Burial remains of a human skeleton seen at the El Caño Archaeological Park in Panama.Discoveries

Ancient Gold Artifacts in Tomb Are of Enormous Monetary Value

Lauren Fokas · March 14, 2024
Digital illustration of ocean currents on planet Earth/Digital illustration of a frozen globeDiscoveries

Study Shows the Atlantic Ocean's Current Is at Risk of Collapse and It Could Make the World Colder

Lauren Fokas · March 13, 2024
Skeleton replica of a Frenguellisaurus ischigualastensis displayed at a museumDiscoveries

New Study Claims That Dinosaurs Were Doomed to Be Wiped Out Even if the Asteroid Hadn't Hit Earth

Lauren Fokas · March 13, 2024
The holographic ring found on the finger of a mummy outside of RomeAncient World

One-of-a-Kind Holographic Ring Discovered in Roman Mummy’s Grave

Lauren Fokas · March 12, 2024
Portrait of Grover Cleveland from 1950/Painting of Jackson based on an 1824 portrait, c. 1857, attributed to Thomas Sully, now housed at the U. S. Senate Collection/Three-quarter length portrait of Abraham LincolnModern History

The Notorious Last Words of U.S. Presidents

Lauren Fokas · March 12, 2024
Skeleton in mass grave of 54 skeletons and 51 skulls from the Middle Ages found in a shallow pit in Dorset, EnglandDiscoveries

Unraveling the Mystery of the Headless Viking Skeletons Discovered in Dorset

Lauren Fokas · March 5, 2024
An oil painting depicting a scene from the Roman Republic. The artwork features a central group of women dressed in tunics and stolas, engaged in conversation or focused on a young boy. To the right, three men in togas stand solemnly with contemplative expressions, one young and two elderly, looking towards the womenAncient World

How Two Brothers Reshaped Roman History

Lauren Fokas · March 3, 2024
Photograph of the treasures and the letter Nathan Headden included in his time capsule from 1994Discoveries

Homeowner Finds a 1994 Time Capsule in His Home and Decides to Find the Owner

Lauren Fokas · March 3, 2024
A depiction of a mythical hunting scene in prehistoric rock art from Zimbabwe.Discoveries

Researchers Find Link to ADHD That Might Have Started Thousands of Years Ago in Ancient Humans

Lauren Fokas · March 3, 2024
Icebergs are seen from NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) research aircraft on September 7, 2021, near Upernavik, GreenlandDiscoveries

Greenland is Turning Green Again for the First Time Since the Dark Ages

Lauren Fokas · February 27, 2024
1,700 year old egg from the Roman era found in Aylesbury, EnglandDiscoveries

Roman Egg Found Almost Perfectly Intact with Contents Still Inside

Lauren Fokas · February 27, 2024
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