Archaeologists Discovered the Pieces of a Fifth-Century Board Game. They Tell a Big Story.
An excavation in modern-day Turkey near what was once a Roman fortress revealed a pair of carved bone disk-shaped pieces ...
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Archaeologists Say They’ve Located Harold II’s Lost Manor House
A latrine found in Bosham, England, has helped identify the location of the king's long-lost residence, offering new insights ...
Archaeologists Reveal Secrets of Royal Shipwreck Sunk in Explosion
Archaeologists have begun revealing the secrets of a 15th-century royal warship that allegedly sank following an explosion in ...
Archaeologists uncover ‘lost’ home depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Archaeologists believe they found a residence of medieval ruler Harold Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. A nearby ...
Archaeologists Reveal Rare Medieval Cult Site With Gold and Silver Offerings
Recent finds uncovered by metal detecting efforts near the hamlet of Hezingen in the Netherlands, however, prompted ...
Archaeologists Just Found the Oldest 3D Map in the World
Experts just found a 3D map that was carved into quartz sandstone likely 13,000 years ago. Located within the famed Segognole ...
Archaeologists Reveal World's Oldest Known Rune Stone
Researchers pieced the stone together like a jigsaw puzzle from various fragments found at an ancient burial ground.
Archaeologists Sifted Through an Ancient Lakebed—And Found 1.5-Million-Year-Old Tools
A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle ...
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Archaeologists Unearth Rare 1,000-Year-Old Food Storage Pit in Alaska
Initial findings suggest the cache was used to preserve moose and caribou meat in the harsh climate of southeastern Alaska ...
Archaeologists May Have Found an English King’s Long-Lost Castle... Thanks to His Toilet
The remains of King Harold II, who died at the famed Battle of Hastings, have never been found. But thanks to the Bayeux ...
Pregnant woman's remains, showing signs of "ritual sacrifice," discovered in Ecuador, archaeologists say
The young woman is believed to have been part of the Manteño people, who lived along the Ecuadorian coast and survived by ...
Ancient chief buried ‘extremely rare’ Roman equipment. Archaeologists just found it
Experts in Denmark initially overlooked the “unusual” Roman item because it was buried with “enough weapons for a small army.