What we found was a gradual shift in her features across multiple paintings – subtle changes to the jaw, the brow, the soft ...

Gold tongues like the ones at Marina el-Alamein have also been found in mummies at several other Ancient Egyptian sites. The Ancient Egyptians considered gold sacred, believing it was the flesh of the ...

Archaeologists in France have uncovered five rare iron shackles at a 2,300-year-old Celtic site in Allonnes, indicating the ...

The ancient Maya are renowned for their mathematical mastery as calendar creators, pioneering astronomers, and pyramid ...

On June 22, 2026, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History announced the discovery of Minanbé — an intact, ...

In 1999, archaeologists found three mummified Inca children, including a teenage girl they named La Doncella, and two younger ...

A medieval churchyard is a place of Christian ideals and community traditions. Shaded by stately oaks, the moss-covered ...

In 1969, archaeologists excavating the Issyk kurgan in southeastern Kazakhstan made a discovery that would become a national symbol: the "Golden Man." Among the more than 4,000 gold ornaments and ...

The extraordinary longevity of Roman concrete has puzzled scientists for centuries. Recent analysis of a 2nd-century AD latrine in Emperor Hadrian’s Villa is providing remarkable answers. Researchers ...

A local claim that the long-lost tomb of the legendary Georgian Queen Tamar may lie in the Kesikkayalar area of Posof, in Turkey's northeastern Ardahan province, has reignited one of the region's most ...

In 1952, archaeologists exploring the limestone cliffs above the Dead Sea made a discovery that did not fit with anything else they had found. They were excavating Cave 3 at Khirbet Qumran, the site ...

A recent archaeological investigation in southwestern Spain has uncovered an astonishingly well-preserved collection of esparto grass sandals. Discovered in the ancient mining settlement of Urium, ...