The archaeologists that found the stone-paved chamber, located inside a hilltop fort in Scotland, still aren’t sure exactly ...

Recent evidence has emerged that challenges long-held beliefs about the origins of the first Americans. Instead of walking ...

The history of humanity is an intricate tapestry, whose threads not only belong to our own species but intertwine with those ...

The identity of a shipwreck that was exposed in northern New South Wales by Cyclone Alfred has been narrowed down to just 13 ...

Scientists have uncovered clues to a 4,000-year-old mystery — the hidden logic behind where ancient Chinese built their tombs ...

“We hadn’t expected to discover a funerary monument of this age and size here,” said Prof. Mathias Pfeil, curator general of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation. “The tomb was both a ...

Credits: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. A recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports reintroduces the debate surrounding the final resting place of Philip II of ...

Carvings uncovered in the Canadian Arctic may be the earliest portraits of the Vikings created in the Americas. But archaeologists have been puzzling over whether the artwork really shows the infamous ...

Now, groundbreaking research published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage has finally unraveled the chemical mystery behind this extraordinary preservation phenomenon. The teenage boy's remains, ...

Dr. Marie-Loraine Pipes, a zooarchaeologist and adjunct professor of anthropology at SUNY Geneseo, recently sat down with The ...

Archaeologists are "shocked" to have discovered a 2,000-year-old “murder mystery” while filming for a new TV show. Sandi ...

I turned the face at last to the light and it felt like the person was looking at me,” said TV presenter Sandi Toksvig while ...