Discover the mystery behind a strange Egyptian parcel found in a museum, leading to an astonishing archaeological discovery.

Ancient humans trekked across mountain glaciers for hunting or trade. The objects they left behind were frozen in the ice for ...

Norwegian researchers, led by Espen Finstad, have uncovered 4,500 artifacts from melting glaciers, including textiles, tools, ...

Norway is at the forefront of the emerging field of research called glacial archaeology, with glaciers melting due to global ...

It’s a strange sight in a Jewish burial ground, where religious law says the dead must remain undisturbed in perpetuity.

Archaeologists have discovered vitrified brain tissue in a young man who perished during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 ...

The boat, known as a waka, was unearthed in the Chatham Islands. Researchers say it could be one of the most significant ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious set of 2,400-year-old puppets with ‘dramatic facial expressions’ atop a pyramid in El Salvador.

The New Zealand Herald reports that a father and son duo combing a local beach for wood may have made one of the most important discoveries in New Zealand history. The pair came across strange-looking ...

Amidst a cache of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects might be the most ...

Norway's glaciers have uncovered artifacts from the Stone Age, the Iron Age, the Middle Ages and the Viking Age.

Scientists have discovered that Mount Vesuvius's eruption turned victims' brains into glass in a major historical breakthrough. Researchers from Roma Tre University in Italy have analysed fragments of ...