An isolated burial in Sudan has revealed the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took place nearly 4,000 years ago in a little-known African kingdom, a new study finds.

An expert has shared advice if you come across 'treasure' in the North West. Heather Beeton works as a finds liaison officer ...

Archaeologists excavating a ninth-century burial site in Bjugn, Norway have uncovered something unprecedented in Scandinavian archaeology: a Viking Age woman's grave featuring two scallop shells ...

While you may believe that it's hard to learn anything new about a structure that has been around for thousands of years, ...

Underwater archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University have recovered four exceptionally well-preserved medieval spears from Lake Lednica in western Poland, including one ornately decorated ...

Hunter-gatherers at Poverty Point may have built its massive earthworks not under the command of chiefs, but as part of a ...

My approach to the figure is a reflection of my perception in general—everything seems to be equivalent within rays of light, ...

Bassem Khandaqji entered prison 21 years ago for plotting a deadly bombing in Israel. He left prison as an award-winning ...

Bassem Khandaqji entered prison 21 years ago for plotting a deadly bombing in Israel. He left prison as an award-winning ...

For Paul McCartney, this is personal archaeology; for everyone else, it's a rediscovery of something half-forgotten, music ...

Pieces once traded during the Greek and Roman eras or salvaged from Spanish shipwrecks continue to be popular with artisans ...