The ruins of the Château de l'Hermine were unearthed in Vannes in the Brittany region of northwest France ...

Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of what may be the world’s first surgery: a Viking-age human skull with a portion removed.

Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic ...

Volunteers unearthed ancient gold coins in a bog—but their purpose wasn’t what anyone expected. The truth runs deeper.

HANOI: The discovery of mummies preserved through the smoke-drying method in Vietnam and some other South-east Asian ...

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

Archaeologists uncover a 26,000-year-old ostrich eggshell workshop in China, revealing craft production during the Late Paleolithic period.

Hidden beneath an ancient temple in Assur, Iraq, archaeologists have discovered key evidence of the Cult of Ishtar's origins.

Archaeologists discovered a rare Celtic battle trumpet possibly tied to Queen Boudica's tribe in Norfolk, England — one of ...

"The site reveals evidence of stone and mammoth ivory tool production, food preparation, and human dispersals dating back to ...

A diver recovers an amphora from a Roman shipwreck off the coast of Puglia, Italy. PUGLIA, ITALY—ANSA reports that a Roman ...

A small, 2,200-year-old elephant bone discovered at an ancient, fortified settlement in southern Spain may be the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by the legendary ...