The grave contains preserved skeletal remains and jewellery. A discovery by a metal detectorist alerted researchers to the ...

The structure is the first known evidence of a building attributed to Vitruvius, the author of an architectural treatise that ...

The bones are tangled and entwined, as though the bodies were thrown or rolled on top of each other. Archaeologists have ...

Cris Rogers is a vicar in East London (at All Hallows, Bow), and a friend online. He has recently been posting interesting ...

Using geophysical surveys, researchers discovered a previously unknown Roman villa under the surface of a park in Margam, Wales. The villa remains indicate it had a fortified enclosure, although the ...

Historically, Theodoro (also known as Gothia) is often described as one of the final “rump states” of the Eastern Roman world, with its capital at Mangup (Doros/Theodoro) and a mixed population that ...

One of the greatest Ancient Egyptian finds is the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, which was left untouched ...

The historical record serves as confirmation for followers of Jesus Christ that He walked among us, was crucified, and was ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Here's a look at what archaeologists' most recent discovery is telling them about life in Egypt after the pharaohs.

The center of Failaka is a low-lying swampy area that is now the province of mosquitoes and wandering white camels that belong to the Kuwaiti emir. But a millennium ago, this was a three-square-mile ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient world. Alamy Chronicle's illustration of "Joshua at Jericho." Jericho's ...