Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

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In Senon, north-eastern France, a homeowner’s renovation plans were interrupted when diggers unearthed the remains of a Gallo ...

Every once in a while, archaeologists pull something out of the ground that makes us rethink what we thought we knew about ...

The project includes the UNESCO heritage site Göbeklitepe – "Potbelly Hill" in Turkish – which is home to the oldest known megalithic structures in Upper Mesopotamia, where the late German ...

The grave makers of the Early Bronze Age had their own strategies for keeping the dead... well ... dead. In fear of “revenant ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the last 50 years – from secret Maya pyramids and fascinating fossils to ...

Throughout human history, our understanding of the past has been reset countless times based on what we think we know at the time. The same goes for other incredible archaeological discoveries that ...

Archaeologists working in the depths of Kateřinská Cave have made a series of remarkable discoveries that challenge our understanding of ancient human activity in Central Europe. Recent excavations ...

Evidence of feasting in the Hebrides 5,000 years ago and the discovery of a lost medieval settlement in the Borders have been ...

Throughout human history, our understanding of the past has been reset countless times based on what we think we know at the time. At one time, everyone was confident the world was flat, only to ...

Twenty-two archaeological excavation and research projects were honored at the sixth Shanghai Archaeology Forum, jointly ...