Across North America, archaeologists are pulling remarkable stories out of the ground, from Ice Age footprints to buried ...

The existence of a submerged medieval city in Kyrgyzstan has been confirmed, offering clues about the history and trade ...

Archaeologists filming "Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders" uncovered a 2,000-year-old murder mystery in Dorset, finding a ...

The Melsonby Hoard has been nominated for a national award by one of the UK’s leading archaeological publications. The ...

Archaeologists have uncovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest sculpture showing a human interacting with an animal - a tiny 12,000-year-old clay figure of a woman carrying a goose on her ...

After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media The ...

In the popular imagination, life at Pompeii came to an abrupt and violent end after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Its pristine frescoes, well-preserved buildings, and petrified bodies seem ...

INDIANAPOLIS–Excavation for the Henry Street Bridge Project in Indianapolis has uncovered nearly 700 grave shafts in the original section of the former Greenlawn Cemetery. The archaeology consultant ...

Samples of ancient technology discovered in and around Mindoro. Clockwise, from upper left: a bone fishing gorge (A) and a possible gorge fragment (B); hammer stones (A-F), pebble tools (G-L), and net ...

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