Archaeologists working in northeastern Bulgaria have uncovered an unusual detail in a 5,000-year-old burial: traces of blue pigment were found on the skeleton of a young man buried in an ancient mound...
Archaeologists working in eastern Turkey have made an important discovery at the ancient site of Tadim Castle, uncovering a temple believed to be around 5,000 years old, along with stone altars and he...
A mysterious pair of ancient burial mounds in western France has given archaeologists a rare glimpse into the funerary traditions of Neolithic communities that lived in the region thousands of years a...
Decades after archaeologists uncovered a mass grave containing 79 men buried with iron shackles, new research is offering an important clue about who they were. Rather than outsiders brought to Athens...
A new archaeological discovery in the ancient city of Aigeai has raised an intriguing possibility: could some of the people buried in the newly uncovered tombs have been soldiers who served under Alex...
For thousands of years, long before European settlers arrived in North America, Indigenous communities were building homes, establishing villages and developing complex relationships with the land in ...
A remarkable archaeological discovery in western Poland may shed new light on one of Europe’s earliest farming communities. Archaeologists have identified an unusual elongated earthwork near th...
More than four centuries ago, one of King Henry VIII’s most important warships disappeared beneath the waters off the English coast. On board were hundreds of sailors, soldiers, weapons, tools,...
Archaeological Discovery Challenges What We Know About the Stone Age When most people imagine life during the Stone Age, they picture small groups of hunter-gatherers constantly moving across the land...
Archaeologists have uncovered what is believed to be the largest Roman bathhouse ever discovered in the Netherlands, offering an extraordinary glimpse into life along the northern frontier of the Roma...