To the casual observer, it’s just an L-shaped hole in the ground, about 40 inches deep, showing two distinct layers of dirt. But to the archaeologists who dug the hole, it’s a portal into the past ...

Archaeologists found evidence of a previously unknown Roman-era administrative center in present-day Switzerland. Experts believe this settlement was crucial for commerce and record-keeping—all part ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University is shedding light on a long-overlooked social group in archaeology: the elderly. While ...

The comparison focused on three-dimensional geometry rather than decoration. This matters because cartonnage masks were often shaped in molds: If two objects were formed in the same mold, they can ...

Archaeologists exploring the estate at the Palace of Westminster have found artifacts stretching 6,000 years into history. The team uncovered stone tools likely from around 4300 B.C.E. A stash of over ...

Through carbon dating, researchers have ruled that the artifacts are between approximately 11,700 and 12,900 years old, a ...

Archaeologists in Northern Ireland went out seeking a 400-year-old castle — and ended up finding things that are much older, thanks to the little kids working with them. In an October statement, Queen ...

It’s the first such discovery in the region. Archaeologists uncovered a massive necropolis with over 100 bronze and gold nomadic artifacts. Ritual items and equestrian equipment signify elite burials ...

In 1958, an amateur archaeologist named John Cowles excavated the Cougar Mountain Cave in Oregon and retained many of the artifacts found there. Upon his death in the 1980s, these items were ...

Man charged with stealing mummy mask, jewelry and wooden cat and causing 'irreparable damage' to other items, says he ...