It is well-known that Pythagoras’ ancient Greek equation for right triangles: a2+ b2= c2 , is older than ancient Greece. We also know that in Khufu’s pyramid the height equals the radius of a circle ...

A newly unearthed monumental tomb in central Turkey may belong to a royal from King Midas’ legendary Phrygian kingdom.

Spotted off the coast of Denmark, the "Svælget 2" is a cog, a kind of large trading vessel used in the Middle Ages. Experts ...

Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in their public baths might ...

Among the most remarkable discoveries is a high-status grave containing two individuals buried alongside a fully harnessed ...

Far off the coast of Brittany, a line of stone blocks lies hidden beneath the Atlantic, preserved where dry land once met the sea. Archaeologists now argue that this submerged barrier, built around 7, ...

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 ...

Born in 1935 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, von Däniken was the son of a cloth manufacturer and grew up under strict religious ...

Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

Found in an elite military hoard, this "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery challenges what we know about Iron Age warfare.

The trumpets were commonly used to inspire Celtic warriors, but Romans captured them as war trophies. The discovery could be ...

A diver stumbled across the find of a lifetime off the coast of Sardinia when a stray shiny item loosened itself from the sea ...