When it comes to chronicling the past, it seems there are basically two ways discoveries are made: either they’re the result ...

Archaeologists have just uncovered the first known funeral home from ancient Egypt. The complex included a mummification ...

Recent scientific discoveries include the identification of an ancient Antarctic bird as the oldest 'modern' bird, revelations about moon canyons formed by asteroid impact, Chile's struggle with light ...

Learn what this Roman emperor's secret garden meant to Roman society and why the discovery speaks to ancient Roman life.

Newcastle University announced the discovery of Harold Godwinson's – aka King Harold II – residence in Bosham, a village on ...

And, he was still wearing a wedding ring. The ring was inscribed with his wedding date — Dec. 25, 1908 — and the body was ...

Researchers unearthed an ancient glacier in the Canadian Arctic that could help reveal Earth's climatic history.

A century after its discovery, the Indus Valley Civilisation remains at the centre of debates over its origins, increasingly ...

Archaeologists believe they have found the site where Alexander the Great and his forces fought the Battle of Granicus against the Persian Empire in Çanakkale, Turkey.

New research at the UO reveals that they have been using one that has existed for 480 million years. The octopus has just ...

During construction at a 13th century church in Gardelegen, Germany, volunteers found over 1,000 artifacts that spanned seven ...

Numerous previous studies have analyzed the composition of pastes and mortars used in ancient Egyptian construction. Some of ...