Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

Archaeologists in Vienna, Austria, uncovered a significant find: a Roman mass grave from the first century A.D., located ...

The early results from a long-awaited excavation of the quarry beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are nothing short of ...

Proof of an ancient garden, consistent with biblical scripture, has emerged at the holiest site in Christianity — and an ...

Discoveries in the archaeological record have sparked debate about how we should define art. Some researchers argue that art ...

Archaeologists in Oman uncovered a 4,000-year-old musical instrument, a pair of copper cymbals, in the ruins of an ancient ...

The remains of a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age settlement have been discovered during the construction of a new road in Ipswich.

Previously, the use of ivory was thought to date back about 120,000 years. But a new study, published in the International ...

Archaeologists in West Texas have made an astonishing discovery which sheds light on the lives of prehistoric humans in ...

Researchers made the “extraordinary” find while excavating a 1,600-square-foot necropolis — an ancient cemetery with ornate ...

While scientists have been trying to prove that the Durupinar formation - a 538-foot geological structure in eastern Turkey - ...

A recent archaeological discovery in Ukraine has rewritten the timeline for when human beings began using ivory to construct tools and other items. Previously, the use of ivory was thought to date ...