A remarkable archaeological discovery has emerged from the waters of Warsaw's Vistula River, where a walker has recovered a well-preserved medieval sword that promises to shed new light on Poland's me ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery in Peru's northern highlands has revealed a 3,500-year-old urban center that served as a crucial link between ancient Pacific coast cultures and mountain communit ...

A stunning new archaeological discovery at Gordion, the ancient capital of the Phrygian Kingdom in central Turkey, may rewrite what we know about the funerary traditions of King Midas's dynasty.

Archaeologists in England have uncovered a beautifully preserved Roman well in Norfolk, offering an exciting representation of developments during Roman occupation.

More than two millennia after it guided sailors into the bustling harbor of Alexandria, the legendary Lighthouse or Pharos of Alexandria, the ancient world's most famous beacon, has partially emerged ...

For centuries, garum's pungent, briny charm haunted the written word of imperial cooks and self-righteous philosophers only.

Justin Stebbing/The ConversationIn November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun.

In a novel discovery, archaeologists in South Moravia, Czechia, have unearthed a 1,800-year-old bronze fragment of a Roman wrist purse - a utilitarian and tactical piece of military gear that offers a ...

The Pesse canoe, shown here, believed to be the world's oldest known boat, and was made roughly 10,000 years ago in the Mesolithic period, from a Scots pine trunk, in the Netherlands region. (Drents ...

Shambhala, which is a Sanskrit word meaning “place of peace” or “place of silence,” is a mythical paradise spoken of in ancient texts, including the Kalachakra Tantra and the ancient scriptures of the ...

In an astonishing case of cultural heritage misuse, a 3,000-year-old Phrygian rock-cut tomb in the village of Ayazini, Türkiye, has been illegally transformed into a café-restaurant.

The elongated skulls of Paracas in Peru caused a stir in 2014 when a geneticist that carried out preliminary DNA testing reported that they have mitochondrial DNA “with mutations unknown in any human, ...