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Archaeologists in North Macedonia uncovered a 2,600-year-old warrior grave containing a helmet, sword, shield, spears and a ...

After a devastating fire destroyed Aigeira, its Mycenaean community rebuilt the settlement almost immediately and enclosed it ...

A new forensic study of 5,000-year-old skulls from Abydos has found potentially lethal trauma, strengthening the case for ...

New Ur III cuneiform tablets from the Iraq Museum reveal a royal princess’s estate, new place names, mobile labor and a ...

New evidence shows people were using Badanj Cave in Bosnia around 20,000 years ago, about 5,000 years earlier than previously ...

Underwater surveys at Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu have revealed ancient ring wells, a Persian trade jar and submerged structures ...

Archaeologists uncovered defensive ditches, stone cannonballs and a Lutheran cemetery around a medieval windmill that may ...

Archaeologists in Russia have discovered a medieval silver hoard weighing more than two kilograms, including two ...

A wildfire on Cerro Casitagua near Quito exposed a mysterious rock-cut stairway beside an ancient pre-Hispanic route, ...

Archaeologists in Hesse are uncovering a remarkably preserved Roman frontier settlement, including a temple to Mars, ...

A 2,000-year-old warship linked to Mithridates VI is revealing how Black Sea shipbuilders used copper, bronze and lead to ...