A German woman has returned a stolen segment from an ancient Greek pillar more than five decades after she took it. It is the ...

The tablet had been in an ancient cemetery of around 20 graves of military personnel, found in the 1860s in Civitavecchia, a ...

Archaeologists find an intact medieval sandal in bearded vulture nests in Spain, preserved for seven centuries on a cliff.

When you go investigating for one discovery and much more is found, it really can feel like valuable treasure.

Throughout history, cultures have left behind a trail of breadcrumbs for archaeologists to follow. New sites and artifacts are found all the time, revealing forgotten secrets of the past.

Khentika’s tomb is a mastaba, one of the few in Egypt to have a curse inscribed on its facade. Mastabas were rectangular, ...

Experts think that someone may have buried the copper cauldron full of coins and jewelry to keep it safe during a tumultuous ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people ...

Roman soldier Sextus Congenius Verus was buried 1,900 years ago in Italy. So how did his grave marker end up in a backyard in ...

The carefully crafted nests of the bearded vulture, serving multiple generations, may also act as “natural museums,” ...

A man digging for worms in Sweden has uncovered a medieval treasure that could be one of the country’s largest silver coin ...