An articulated Neanderthal skeleton that was discovered during an excavation at the famous Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.

It was found outside the northeast corner of the Alamo Church, in an adjacent excavation unit where another intact cannonball ...

Specialists found three containers full of coins from the Roman Empire and believe it was not a hidden treasure, but rather a ...

Elite Scythians such as the “Golden Man” inherited their lofty status and shared power during the Iron Age, DNA analysis ...

Archaeologists find two gold rings dating back 2,000 years during dig in Thailand - Officials in Thailand have discovered two ...

It’s the kind of discovery that sounds more Indiana Jones than archaeology lab. Researchers digging in Israel say they may ...

A large asteroid does not need to hit Earth to expose a hard truth: the most dangerous space rocks may be the ones spotted ...

Narrow, worn stairs beneath the 11th-century Pembroke Castle in Wales lead into a shadowy cavern where early humans once ...

A team of archaeologists found in France a treasure with tens of thousands of Roman coins that had remained hidden for 1,800 ...

Hundreds of ceramic plates and bowls, stacked and sealed under protective clay layers, remain intact on the seafloor off ...

For centuries, pilgrims, priests, and pharaohs brought gifts to Karnak, the vast temple complex that stood at the religious heart of ancient Egypt. Sacred vessels and statues had accumulated within ...

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