Historical records from 1350 show that as many as 12,000 people were buried in 11 “ plague pits ” outside the city of Erfurt, ...

From royal tombs to submerged ports, via the genetic secrets of ancient civilisations, archaeology delivered a series of ...

Submerged in Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria, Thonis-Heracleion was a major Egyptian port city linking Mediterranean trade with ...

The previously unknown settlement appears to have been abandoned at some point in the 1300s, but researchers don't know why ...

The Romans knew their way around Europe. They also knew how to build with a view. A 2,000-year-old stone wall unearthed in a ...

Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New ...

This intricate gold ring found in Norway features a deceptive blue glass setting likely designed to mimic a holy sapphire.

The find has already earned a punchy nickname: “Port Talbot’s Pompeii.” While no one is claiming volcanic ash here, the idea is that centuries of relatively undisturbed ground may have kept walls, ...

Wisconsin Historical Society researchers have uncovered 16 ancient canoes in Lake Mendota, some of which are thousands of ...

Archaeologists from Texas Tech University discovered the lost 18th-century Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo, solved ...

Archaeologist Laird Niven’s gravitas is abundant on Sky HISTORY’s The Curse of Oak Island. How did his academic background ...

A rock art panel in southeastern Utah dating to the first millennium a.d. was made by the Basketmaker people. The panel depicts human-duck hybrid figures (center), as well as flute players, a duck, ...