Digging down into the Earth, they hit a statue of what they first assumed to be the Buddha. Investigations by archaeologists ...

The more welcoming side of Medusa turns typical mythology upside down, with the smile likely designed to represent peace and ...

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

Seventh-century Anglo-Saxon jewelry found on a hillside in Lincolnshire; as there were no graves, these may have been ...

Detroit's rich history is being preserved with help from one of its historic schools, as Wayne State University's Museum of Anthropology takes on a new role safeguarding the city's archaeological ...

At first blush, the Savannah River Site and archaeology might seem like an odd pairing. After all, one was initially a ...

A Lancaster County man was recently arrested for stealing remains, including mummified children. He doesn't represent ethical ...

An exploration of what ‘time immemorial’ really means in Indigenous history and archaeology, challenging conventional narratives about human presence in the Americas.

Famed archaeologist Robert Grenier, who led the discovery of the 16th-century Basque whaling ship the San Juan in Labrador, ...

India is home to places where history and folklore collide. From cursed forts and abandoned villages to skeleton-filled lakes ...

Human eyes are as individual as fingerprints. Like those of a living person, the eyes of this ceramic figurine discovered recently at the site of Xanab Chak in the Puuc region of Mexico’s Yucatán ...

The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...