In 1872, two British men took three artifacts from the Great Pyramid of Giza. These are the only known items ever removed ...

DURING my series on the ancient history of Scotland’s towns and villages, I promised I would write about the history ... often impossible, to discover the places, or the sites of the places referred ...

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Most historians thought ancient Galloway had a continuity that lasted for centuries ... “Examined in the context of contemporary sites across Scotland and northern England, the archaeological evidence ...

The broch - a sophisticated type of stone-built round house found only in Scotland - has evidence of settlement spanning over ...

Ten years ago in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, metal detectorists stumbled upon pieces of silver and gold. Researchers excavated the pieces and as they dug deeper into the pile, they found more than ...

Göbekli Tepe: The oldest known megalithic site Avebury: Largest stone circle surpassing Stonehenge Carnac Stones: Thousands of ancient stones in Brittany, France ...

The evidence from these ancient sites says otherwise. More recently, discoveries from archaeological sites predating the Clovis culture have challenged the Clovis First theory and posed new ...

Polar bears may have also been on the prowl some 50,000 years ago, in an ancient Scotland - well before humans occupied the land. Researchers, in 2023, found possible evidence that polar bears ...

Weitzel also noted that the Natchez Trace itself was an ancient Native American road, making the journey through these sites even more significant. A stock image of a view of the Emerald Mound ...

At Butrint, for example, programming like their annual drama festival, put on inside of the site's ancient stone theatre, has helped bring back a sense of pride and history among the local community.