Archaeologists think the newly discovered artifacts remained at the production site because they were deemed unusable. Large ...

Known as a carnyx, the instrument is only the third of its kind to be found in Britain. It was discovered in the territory of ...

The popularity of this activity among British women has surged in recent years. What used to be seen as a somewhat quirky ...

It always amazes me how much history is still being uncovered today, despite the time that has been dedicated to looking and ...

A guided walkthrough of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden showcases artifacts from ancient Egypt, the Near East, and the classical world. The collection includes statues, sarcophagi, inscriptions ...

A roughly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer has been discovered in Boxgrove, England. This find ...

The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a ...

Fashioned in the shape of a snarling wild animal with "great big flappy ears," as Hinman described them, this bronze trumpet would have been mounted on a long mouthpiece and held high above warriors' ...

A palm-sized fragment of elephant bone, shaped and used as a precision tool almost half a million years ago, has been identified as the oldest known elephant-bone implement in Europe. Although the ...

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

An almost complete battle trumpet dating back around 2,000 years to the Iron Age has been unearthed by in England.

The northern English city is breaking new cultural ground again.