Study casts doubt on 'sky disk' thought to be oldest representation of the heavens By Tom Metcalfe Fierce debate over the Nebra Sky Disk has been reignited by a new study that suggests it is at least 1,000 years younger than previously thought.
Wreck of WWII warship with Nazi symbol discovered off Norway By Tom Metcalfe The wreck of a German warship torpedoed and sunk by a British submarine in 1940 has been discovered in deep water off the North Sea coast of southern Norway.
'Spinal Tap'-size Stonehenge reveals how the ancient monument really sounded By Tom Metcalfe It took 9 months to build the perfectly scaled model.
Britain's oldest artwork may depict mammoths from a drowned land By Tom Metcalfe Britain's oldest artworks have been unearthed on the Channel Island of Jersey, showing what apperar to be Ice Age scenes of mammoths in ancient lands now drowned by the sea.
2 captive beluga whales finally freed to a seawater sanctuary in Iceland By Tom Metcalfe Two young beluga whales that were on show in an aquarium in Shanghai have now arrived at a seawater sanctuary off Iceland. This is the first time they've seen the sea in more than a decade.
Returned chunk of Stonehenge solves long-standing monument mystery By Tom Metcalfe A restoration worker kept a chunk of Stonehenge more than 60 years ago. He returned it last year and now the stone has solved a long-standing mystery.
Iron age 'murder' victim unearthed outside of London By Tom Metcalfe Skeleton of man was thrown face-down into a ditch with his hands bound.
Oldest Viking settlement possibly unearthed in Iceland By Tom Metcalfe Archaeologists have unearthed what may be the oldest Viking settlement in Iceland.
Famous Irish tomb yields a surprise — a king born of brother-sister incest By Tom Metcalfe Human bones in the famous Newgrange tomb in Ireland belonged to king born of first-degree incest, researchers say.
Chaco Canyon's famous 'tree of life' might have just been a bench By Tom Metcalfe New research reveals that the "Plaza Tree of Pueblo Bonito," once thought to be a living "tree of life," may have been just a big, dead tree that came from somewhere else.
Explorers find Cold War-era submarine wreck off the coast of Oahu By Tom Metcalfe A team of explorers have found the wreck of a United States Navy submarine that sank more than 60 years ago in deep water near the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Scottish storms unearth 1,500-year-old Viking-era cemetery By Tom Metcalfe Powerful storms on Scotland's Orkney Islands exposed ancient human remains in a Pictish and Viking cemetery.
Student discovers 5,000-year-old sword hidden in Venetian monastery By Tom Metcalfe A keen-eyed archaeology student made the find of a lifetime when she spotted one of the oldest swords on record, mistakenly grouped with medieval artifacts in a secluded Italian monastery.
Maya warrior queen may have built the longest 'white road' in the Yucatán By Tom Metcalfe A ruthless Maya warrior queen may have ordered the building of an elaborate road more than 1,000 years ago to invade a distant city and to counter the rising power of another.
Titanic's iconic telegraph 'voice' may be recovered. But some say the salvager is a 'greedy treasure hunter.' By Tom Metcalfe Frantic distress messages were sent over the machine after the cruise liner slammed into an iceberg in 1912.
3,000-year-old Canaanite temple discovered in buried city in Israel By Tom Metcalfe A 3,000-year-old temple, built by the Canaanites around the time of the ancient Israelite invasion, has been unearthed in southern Israel.
Tomb of Rome's mythical founder Romulus unearthed By Tom Metcalfe A tomb that was buried thousands of years ago and revered by ancient Romans as the resting place of their city's mythical founder Romulus has now been rediscovered beneath the Forum in Rome.
Bones of Neolithic immigrants killed in massacre found in Spanish cave By Tom Metcalfe Vicious attack has the hallmarks of a "xenophobic" clash between enemy groups.
Sophisticated Soviet spy radio discovered buried in former forest in Germany By Tom Metcalfe Archaeologists have found a sophisticated Soviet spy radio that was buried in a former forest in Germany shortly before the fall of the Iron Curtain.
800-year-old spiral rock carvings marked the solstices for Native Americans By Tom Metcalfe The Pueblo people created rock carvings in the Mesa Verde region of the Southwest United States about 800 years ago to mark the position of the sun on the longest and shortest days of the year.
