A new study shows that pregnancies during the Viking Age were far from a private matter, closely tied to conflict, social ...

A trio of archaeologists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, both in Spain, and the ...

Many of the greatest wonders of times past were discovered by accident. French soldiers stumbled across the Rosetta Stone in ...

New archaeological research on the Tangier Peninsula reveals significant cultural links between Europe and Africa during the Bronze Age.

Swedish archaeologists uncovered a rare 1,100-year-old Viking coffin grave containing weapons near Linköping, describing ...

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

Ancient ebony figures discovered in a necropolis in Israel are stylistically African, but made of Asian wood and surfaced ...

Pit holding thirteen mandibles reveals second- to third-century CE soldiers sacrificed pigs during cemetery rites, echoing ...

Rare African-style figurines dating back 1,500 years were discovered in ancient Christian tombs in Israel’s Negev desert.

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Researchers say the findings will illuminate the history of "the least widely known and understood [burial rituals] in the ...