In July, skeletal remains were first discovered, and after archaeologists from the University of Leicester Archaeological ...

We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

A volunteer metal detectorist discovered a 2,200-year-old Celtic gold coin in Germany. Found in a field in Saxony, the nearly ...

A remarkable discovery in Crete has reinvigorated debate over the origins behind the ancient Greek myth of the labyrinth.

The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

Archaeological investigations commissioned by Gas Networks Ireland have revealed evidence of medieval life at a site in ...

Italian archaeologists, working with Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology, have discovered eight new ...

The universe's first galaxies were hot messes, according to a recent study. During their younger days, they were wild, ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

An archaeological excavation in Turkey recently yielded a Roman hospital-turned-Christian sanctuary, offering new insight ...

Archaeologists in Turkey recently uncovered an ancient Roman hospital that became a Christian sanctuary, revealing centuries ...