Danish archaeologists recently announced the discovery during an excavation of a variety of weapons and armor dating to the ...

This natural pigment was commonly used in ancient cultures, symbolizing blood, and played a role in religious or decorative practices. Dr. Vardi speculated that the ochre-covered arrowheads may have ...

A PRETTY UK city has two rather unusual claims to fame – with the home of chocolate and a massive Viking event. Hundreds of ...

New research into Indigenous population dynamics in the New World of the pre-Columbian Americas is producing some fascinating results, thanks to the deployment of new analytical tools that allow for a ...

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4. The wooden strip was excavated in 2001 from a site thought to be the location of an "Emon-fu" guards' office that was part of the central government in Japan's ancient capital of Fujiwara-kyo.

Archaeologists in Egypt are working to restore the Ramesseum, a temple belonging to Ramesses II, an Old Testament pharaoh believed to have interacted with Moses in the Book of Exodus.

Archaeologists have discovered some of the earliest-known stone fragments containing Germanic letter inscriptions at a grave site in Norway, offering unprecedented insights into Norse language before ...

on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ceremony or sacrifice Sonja Anderson For ...

Long before Rome, before China’s Iron Age, Tamil Nadu was already forging some of the world’s finest swords. New archaeological discoveries reveal that South India’s iron technology dates back over ...