This construction material was of great importance in ancient Egypt and was so famous that it was called the “state of stone.” The Ancient Egyptian …

How did brain tissue survive in four skeletons dug up in Seyitömer Höyük, a Bronze Age settlement in western Turkey, between 2006 and 2011? It may look like nothing …

In 1935, Egypt was still the main draw for archaeologists digging for answers. It was hardly more than a decade since the British Egyptologist Howard …

In ancient times, human sacrifices were considered the most effective way to reach the celestial (or underground) office, so ritual murders were widespread almost everywhere. …

The relic is believed to be the first and earliest example of an analogue computer made and used by humans. Archaeologists working in Greece have found …

A team of archaeologists claims to have found the lost city off the coast of Spain, sparking controversy among the scientific community. Millions have watched …

A farmer digging on his land in Russia discovered something unexpected: a 2,000-year-old burial mound containing the remains and artifacts of a nomadic royal — including a strange “laughing” …

Men escaped the initial fall of ash from Mount Vesuvius then succumbed to a powerful volcanic blast next day  Italy Pompeii Ancient Bodies For free …

The elaborate leather saddle is dated from between roughly 700 B.C. and 400 B.C. and may be the earliest ever found. The leather horse saddle …

A B𝚛itish 𝚛𝚎s𝚎𝚊𝚛ch𝚎𝚛 cl𝚊iмs t𝚘 h𝚊ʋ𝚎 c𝚊𝚛𝚛i𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞t DNA t𝚎sts 𝚘n th𝚎 м𝚢st𝚎𝚛i𝚘𝚞s N𝚊zc𝚊 м𝚞ммi𝚎s, 𝚊n𝚍 th𝚎 𝚛𝚎s𝚞lts c𝚘𝚞l𝚍 “𝚋𝚎 th𝚎 м𝚘st iм𝚙𝚘𝚛t𝚊nt 𝚍isc𝚘ʋ𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 …

It’s a very modern approach to gaining a window into the past. But scientists have taken the novel step of giving a 245-year-old mummified male …

  n 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed Tutankhamun’s Tomb (1341-1213 BC) in Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt. A hundred years after the legendary find, …

The skeletal remains of two newborns that lived some 30,000 years ago are deemed the earliest known evidence of identical twins. Researchers analyzed the ancient …

A gold bar sits on display in New York from the 400-year-old Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha wreckage on June 18, 2015. (AP / …

The story of father Crespi is one of the most enigmatic stories ever told – an unknown civilization, unbelievable artifacts, massive amounts of gold, depictions …

It is becoming increasingly clear that the Sumerians had established a colony in South America called Kuga-Ki. Kuga-Ki was the “Tin Land of the West” …

Mummies often evoke thoughts of the ancient Egyptians and their sophisticated mummification rituals.These practices aimed to create a seamless transition between life and death and …

The Igorots are an indigenous tribe living in Sagada, Luzon Island, Philippines. The Igorots practice unique funerary customs, in which the dead are buried in …

The founders of Panchavarnaswamy Temple, built during India’s ancient Chola period, may have predicted the arrival of the bike by hundreds of years A carving …

The clay tablet of this unique text is 4,000-year-old and was found by German-American scholar Hermann Hilprecht at the beginning of the 20th century. The …