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Wessex Archaeology has published the full results of nearly two decades of excavations carried out during the search for a suitable site for the Stonehenge visitor centre.

New research has confirmed that a vast ring of Neolithic pits, more than a mile wide and over 4,000 years old, was ...

During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...

Today the deserts of the Arabian peninsula are inhospitable - but 100,000 years ago the area was full of animals and ancient ...

New research from the University of St Andrews, as part of a team led by the University of Bradford, has confirmed the ...

British archaeologists have made a discovery they believe points to an unusual ancient monument that once stood in Northwest ...

The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

The burial site was 4,500 years old, but archaeology society members saw enough evidence to believe it was already in use ...

Archaeologists have gathered evidence from hundreds of Bronze Age sites in western Turkey that could be remnants of a ...

Archaeologists discovered 6,000-year-old flint tools beneath the Palace of Westminster that predate Stonehenge, along with medieval artifacts and Roman remains.

Thousands of shipwrecks lie in the 4,080 square miles of the Bay and its feeder waters. The archaeologists, divers, and other ...