For nearly a century, the 1,400-year old Sutton Hoo burial site has provided an intriguing window into Britain's Anglo-Saxon past.

Five thousand years ago, Bronze Age societies in Mesopotamia constructed elaborate stone tombs filled with remarkable grave goods and evidence of human sacrifice on a significant scale.

The location of a golden chest believed to hold the original version of the Ten Commandments has long been a mystery, with ...

From the human perspective, maggots are thoroughly disgusting, and when meat is infested with them it means it is spoiled and needs to be thrown away immediately.

In an announcement that has generated a storm of controversy, a team of Italian and Scottish researchers claims to have made ...

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority, working alongside the Ministry of Heritage and with the support of volunteers from across the country, has made an extraordinary discove ...

The 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb stands as one of the most extraordinary archaeological finds of the 20th century.

Several years ago archaeologists excavating the site of the former Animal Husbandry Center at Nescot College in Ewell, Surrey, made an astonishing discovery.

In what is being described as a rare and exciting find, archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 3,200-year-old tomb that belonged to a military commander who served under the famous New Kingdom phara ...

Sparta represented the pinnacle of military excellence in ancient Greece, and they were both feared and respected for it.

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