Tim Newcomb
Journalist
Tim Newcomb is a journalist based in the Pacific Northwest. He covers stadiums, sneakers, gear, infrastructure, and more for a variety of publications, including Popular Mechanics. His favorite interviews have included sit-downs with Roger Federer in Switzerland, Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles, and Tinker Hatfield in Portland.
Archaeologists Found a Slab in the Middle of Nowhere—With the Lord’s Prayer Carved in It
“It must have taken days and days of work.”
Archaeologists Were Exploring a Cave—and Found 100 Prehistoric Structures
Experts believe the modified stalagmites are evidence of a planned occupation of the caves by ancient societies.
Construction Workers Dug Up a Sewer Line—and Found 3,800-Year-Old Tools
The wooden tools were used to help split, well, wood.
Archaeologists Found a Family’s 3 Ancient Tombs Filled to the Brim With Treasure
The remarkable discovery offers a rare glimpse into a bygone era from 1,800 years ago.
Archaeologists Found a 1,600-Year-Old Roman Artifact With Shockingly Intact Details
The artifact, and others found in alongside it, indicate that the owner was “a prominent individual of her time.”
Military Officers Were Doing a Routine Seafloor Scan—and Found a 16th-Century Shipwreck
The ship’s cargo—at least 200 earthenware pitchers—was still aboard.
Archaeologists Followed a Forgotten Staircase—and Uncovered a 400-Year-Old Burial Vault
Here’s what was inside.
Archaeologists Excavated a Roman Fort and Made a Weird Discovery: a Huge Ancient Shoe
A size 14 is nothing to sneeze at.
The ‘Holy Grail of Shipwrecks’ Is Still Underwater. So Is Its $17 Billion Fortune.
That’s a lot of lost loot.
A Metal Detectorist Found an Ancient Gold Coin That May Mark the Rise of Christianity
“The new coin straddles two eras, the Pagan and the Christian.”
A Study Says Gray Hair May Be Reversible
Bad news for Just For Men.
Archaeologists Were Digging Up a Hospital—and Found the Skeletons of 4 Confederate Soldiers
The deaths were likely tied to a Civil War battle.
Archaeologists Thought They Found an Ancient Roman Home. They Only Scratched the Surface.
In 1966, archaeologists discovered a Roman building measuring over 7,000 square feet. It turns out it was a small part of a 43,000-square-foot villa.
A Construction Crew Was Restoring a City Hall—And Found an Ancient Roman Theater Underneath
The discovery was only possible because of the damage caused by an earthquake.
Archaeologists Found Ancient Tools That Contradict the Timeline of Civilization
The math doesn’t add up.
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Roman Camp Outside the Empire’s Known Limits
It’s one of only four known Roman camps in the Netherlands and was really just a rest stop between larger fortifications.
Archaeologists Found a Viking Amulet That’s Over 1,000 Years Old
They didn’t just find an amulet. There were also bracelets, rings, pearls, and a necklace made of coins, all stashed in an ancient pot.
New Evidence Rewrites the Origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls, One of Judaism’s Ancient Texts
A researcher used an AI program that analyzed handwriting data which, paired with radiocarbon dating, pointed towards the ancient texts being even more ancient than we thought.
Archaeologists Were Searching a Forest in the Clouds—and Found 100 Structures From an Ancient City
The “people of the cloud forest” developed the high-altitude site
Geologists Might Have Stumbled Upon the Largest Gold Mine in the World
$83 billion has just been sitting there underground this whole time.
Archaeologists Found 3 Tombs That Were Hidden Beneath the Sand for 3,500 Years
We even know who was buried there… and why they were important.
A Spelunker Thought She Found Trash in a Cave. It Was Actually Evidence of a Lost Civilization.
Surprise!
Scientists Found a 43,000-Year-Old Fingerprint That May Be the Oldest Ever Left by a Human
The fingerprint’s Neanderthal owner was just painting a self-portrait.
Archaeologists Searched a Farmer’s Field—and Found a 600-Year-Old Depiction of a Martyred Saint
The Medieval-era find boasts an image of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
Amateur Archaeologists Found an 1,800-Year-Old Carving of an Ancient Goddess
The sandstone relief was uncovered in a pile of rubble.
Archaeologists Followed a Sketch by Leonardo da Vinci. It Led to Secret Tunnels Under an Ancient Castle.
The ancient mystery needed a bit of high-tech help to come to light
Archaeologists Found a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb That May Be a Gateway to a Prehistoric Kingdom
It’s also a gateway to a huge collection of pig jaws.
Archaeologists Found a 2,300-Year-Old Ring That May Have Been a Child’s Treasure
The gold ring with a red garnet is going to be a big help in understanding the largely unknown Hellenistic period in Jerusalem.
Archaeologists Found a Skeleton Wearing an Amulet That May Change the History of Christianity
A 1.37-inch inscription could upend our understanding of the religion’s spread.
Construction Workers Discovered Not One, Not Two, But Six Centuries-Old Shipwrecks
The wrecks were dated from the 17th century to as old as the medieval era.
A Historian Pulled an Old Document Out of Storage—and Discovered an Original Magna Carta
It was believed a copy when purchased in 1946 for $27.50.
A 2,000-Year-Old Sarcophagus Was Just Unsealed—and the Mummy Inside is Mind-Blowing
The remarkable preservation reveals intricate details about ancient burial customs.