The 4,000-year-old handprint was discovered on the underside of a ‘soul house’—a structure shaped like a building with an ...

Astonishing new archaeological finds and ancient DNA analysis leave no doubt that throughout prehistory women were rulers, ...

A team of archaeologists excavating the ancient Maya city of Caracol discovered the tomb of its first ruler, which contained ...

Archaeologists are excavating a Roman-era watchtower in Croatia that was "built in a strategic location" on the banks of the ...

Discovered near Hadrian's Wall in northern England, the oversized leather footwear has left researchers puzzled ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have finally discovered the 'Land of the White Jaguar,' a stronghold for Maya rebels for nearly 110 ...

A team of archaeologists from Switzerland used high-resolution digital imaging technology to examine tattoos invisible to the naked eye on a 2000-year-old ice mummy from Siberia.

“The Hittites were uniquely interested in recording rituals in foreign languages,” Daniel Schwemer, head of the Chair of ...

The man, who died roughly 3,800 years ago, may have been a prominent military leader and was buried in an elaborate fashion.

In C.E. 331, Te K’ab Chaak ascended to the throne as the first ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol in what is today ...

The recent excavation was all thanks to an amateur metal detectorist who found two iron Roman cavalry swords in the same ...

Because the seal had never been broken, the Etruscan tomb’s grave goods had also gone completely untouched by looters.