There were 22 gold objects, in addition to other impressive grave goods, buried with the deceased, indicating they were ...

The elongated skull was likely caused by a genetic condition, but it evidently didn’t get in the way of the individual’s ...

The burial site was 4,500 years old, but archaeology society members saw enough evidence to believe it was already in use ...

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They ...

Unlike similar cultural emergencies that followed wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, "Sudan has not benefited from strong media coverage denouncing the degradation and plundering of its cultural heritage." ...

The Passy-style tombs are a dramatic departure from earlier Neolithic burials not just in terms of their scale, but in what ...

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. In the grave, ...

I ATTENDED a lecture on our prehistoric past and Spanish colonization by Grace Barretto-Tesoro of the University of the ...

During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...

Described as “one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK”, the Ketton mosaic was first unearthed during an ...

New research suggests that a collection of conch shells unearthed in Spain may have once produced melodies, in addition to ...

A study reveals a 6,000-year-old population in Colombia that left no identifiable descendants, raising new questions about ...