The extremely long skull of a medieval knight points to an underlying genetic condition.

Across North America, archaeologists are rewriting what I thought I knew about the continent’s past, uncovering sites that are older, more complex, and more surprising than the history books ever ...

In 2009, Terry Herbert, an unemployed metal detectorist in Staffordshire, England, swept his detector over a freshly plowed field and received a signal. What he unearthed over the following days would ...

Archaeologists in the United Kingdom recently unearthed ancient relics beneath a bustling marketplace — including the remains of a "vile" dungeon. Announcing the discovery in a Sept. 23 press release, ...

After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media The ...

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In the popular imagination, life at Pompeii came to an abrupt and violent end after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Its pristine frescoes, well-preserved buildings, and petrified bodies seem ...

The archaeology firm excavating the Henry Street right-of-way for a major redevelopment project has found more grave shafts than expected at the site that includes a 200-year-old former cemetery.

The Melsonby Hoard has been nominated for a national award by one of the UK’s leading archaeological publications. The ...

An archaeology student from the US state of Florida has discovered a rare 9th-century gold object during her first excavation in the UK. The student, Yara Souza, unearthed a gold medallion from the ...