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'Unlike anything seen before': Archaeologists unearth a unique, 11,000-year-old statue of a person riding a leopard from one of the world's earliest settlements
Archaeologists in southern Turkey discovered a unique statue of a person on the back of a leopard.
1,800-year-old nails discovered in 3 burials in Roman necropolis, possibly to 'protect' both the living and the dead
Archaeologists excavating in Rome's Ostiense necropolis found three skeletons with iron nails on their chests, hinting at a ritual to prevent restless spirits.
Archaeologists Opened a Tomb Sealed for 600 Years—and Found Gold, Bones, and a Blood-Red Skull
Inside Chan Chan, experts found an elite mausoleum left behind by the Inca’s greatest rivals.
Archaeologists uncover centuries-old mystery of Tampa Bay’s secret community of migrant potters
Key Points Archaeologists have debated for decades over how Mississippian-style pottery ended up in Tampa Bay, an area long left off of maps showing the Mississippian culture stretching across the Southeast and into northern Florida starting a thousand years ago. Trevor Duke, a doctoral stud
11th-century 'pizza peel' discovered in Russia doubled as a medieval game board
Archaeologists in Russia unearthed a flat wooden "pizza paddle" that had a board game carved into it.
'Nothing short of a minor miracle': 'Rusty treasure' found in the Danube is full of 2,000-year-old iron bars that could equip an entire army with weapons
Archaeologists in Austria have analyzed a collection of 500 iron bars that were likely lost in a Danube shipwreck 2,200 years ago.
A secret Stonehenge under Lake Michigan is baffling archaeologists
Stonehenge is one of many ancient stone circles dotted around the world, in Japan, Australia and even the US.
The 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of the Tomb of the Blue Demons Has Stumped Archaeologists. Until Now.
The painted creature inside an Etruscan tomb convinced mourners they were under its spell.
Ancient tools in China are forcing scientists to rethink early humans
Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest known examples of tools fitted with handles in East Asia, dating back as far as 160,000 years. These discoveries show that ancient populations in the region carefully planned, crafted, and adapted their tools to meet changing environments.
Case of mysterious medieval skeleton buried in Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey finally solved
A sarcophagus in Westminster Abbey with Roman and Anglo-Saxon decorations baffled archaeologists, but now a 150-year-old mystery has finally been solved.
Archaeologists Found an Ancient Weapon Not of This Earth
Bronze Age China couldn’t smelt iron, making the Sanxingdui relic a truly celestial oddity.
Amateur archaeologist finds Germany’s biggest hoard of ancient Roman silver coins
An amateur archaeologist has discovered a significant hoard of Roman silver coins in western Germany.
Romans may have set fire to Celtic town during conquest to 'humiliate' the enemy, archaeologists find
Archaeologists discovered a first century B.C. military camp that was erected during Emperor Augustus's Cantabrian Wars.
Dionysus and his erect penis depicted on 2,500-year-old bone stylus found in Sicily
Archaeologists in Sicily found a unique writing implement featuring a grumpy-faced god and his erect penis.
Paleo-Inuit people braved icy seas to reach remote Greenland islands 4,500 years ago, archaeologists discover
Archaeological remains on the Kitsissut islands off the coast of Greenland reveal that whole communities regularly journeyed across the dangerous Arctic waters.
18 ancient Egyptian tombs with dozens of gold 'tongues' discovered along the Mediterranean coast
Archaeologists have found 18 tombs at an ancient Egyptian site by the Mediterranean coast of Egypt.
Archaeologists reveal huge stretch of ancient Lower Aqueduct into Jerusalem
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Ritual solstice structure 1,000 years older than Stonehenge unearthed in Czech Republic
Archaeologists have discovered a prehistoric ritual structure oriented to the sun and moon in the Czech Republic.
Scientists find first physical evidence that Romans used human poop as medicine
Archaeologists in Turkey say they have uncovered evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments, according to new research.
Inside the Buzzy, Controversial Business of Artifact Jewelry
Do ancient artifacts have a place as jewelry, or only in museums? Jewelers and archaeologists weigh in.
Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discover
A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues.
Scientists testing new scanning technology discover mysterious structure beneath an ancient Egyptian city
Archaeologists working in Egypt's Nile Delta may have discovered a tomb or temple dating back around 2,600 years while testing a new technology designed to locate structures buried deep beneath the surface. ...
Archeologists used to think women in prehistory wielded no power. Genetic data is upending that idea.
For more than 150 years, leading archaeologists have assumed that women of the past never assumed roles of power. New genetic data shows how flawed that interpretation is.
Chinese pottery discovered in Great Zimbabwe reveals medieval African empire's vast connections spanning thousands of miles
Archaeologists excavating a medieval African kingdom have discovered pottery from eastern China, revealing connections across continents.
Italian teenagers discover 1,800-year-old Roman luxury house underneath their high school gym
After being notified by mischievous high school students, archaeologists uncovered a large and luxurious second-century Roman house near the Colosseum.
Archaeologists unearth a medieval nobleman buried with his horse and dog in a rare wooden tomb in Russia
A rare example of a wooden chamber tomb reveals connections between medieval Norse and Old Russian burial styles.
Ancient 'dirty dishes' may have led archaeologists astray for decades
A new study questions if Bronze Age dishes really do have traces of olive oil.
160,000-year-old sophisticated stone tools discovered in China may not have been made by Homo sapiens
Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use.
Archaeologists discover perfectly circular ancient Egyptian temple that may have been used for sacred water rituals
The temple included a network of water infrastructure, revealing the importance of the ancient city and the Nile.
Archaeologists Found 11 Silver Coins Buried 2,000 Years Ago—and an Unsolved Riddle
The 11 quinarii are the largest group ever found, but where they were minted remains a mystery.
Over 4,400 human brains found intact in skeletons: scientists finally know why - Futura-Sciences
For decades, archaeologists have puzzled over a strange phenomenon: skeletons stripped bare by time, with only one soft and unlikely survivor remaining, the brain. Now, a team of researchers says it has finally uncovered the chemistry behind this mystery. It appears that the answer does not come from a rare...
Science Notes: Revisiting Viking Age art using microwear analysis
Archaeologists are increasingly revisiting long-held theories about the past and highlighting how these ideas need to be updated in light of evolving eviden ...
Archaeologists discover the oldest dwelling in the Western Hemisphere at a 13,800-year-old site in Alaska
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient base camp in Alaska that has evidence of the oldest dwelling and possibly the earliest domesticated dogs in the Americas.
Did the craving for mammoth kabobs drive early American migration?
A research team that includes an archaeologist in the Pacific Northwest has a new answer to the question of what kind of food early Americans ate.
'It could have been a very different history': Researchers are finally starting to pin down how many Indigenous people were living in the Americas when Columbus arrived
Archaeologists and geographers have been trying to estimate the pre-1492 population of the Americas for decades. But it's difficult.
3,000-year-old burial of ancient Egyptian horse found — and a nearby stone carving depicts a captured prisoner
Archaeologists unearthed a horse burial dating back more than three millennia in an ancient Egyptian fortress.
Archaeologists discover 'tomb of the very highest rank' in 2,700-year-old Etruscan cemetery
Archaeologists have discovered a massive Etruscan burial mound with a vast assortment of grave goods north of Rome.
Archaeologists Found a Lost Roman Oracle—and Decoded the 56 Baffling Messages Inside
The Roman-era “Magic 8 Ball” answered everyday questions with a single throw of knucklebone dice.
Former All-Star closer Brad Lidge is now an archaeologist
Some retired MLB players become coaches. Some retired MLB players become broadcasters. The former Phillies star chose a different path.
1,800-year-old temple to Mars and statue of Victory unearthed at Roman military fort in Germany
Archaeologists in Germany have found a temple to Mars, the god of war, next to a Roman Empire military encampment.
King Tut’s Tomb Is Too Small for a Pharaoh. Scientists Say Something Is Hidden Behind Its Walls.
Archaeologists suspected the boy king wasn't alone in there. New radar scans suggest they were right.