Tom Metcalfe

A newly deciphered inscription suggests the immense "Galloway Hoard" found in Scotland over a decade ago was held in common.

Researchers think the site in the Netherlands may have been used for pagan worship in reaction to the spread of Christianity.

The "vampire" find illustrates a popular fear that the "undead" could rise from their graves.

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.

The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan.

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire.

A new analysis of the 6,000-year-old stone circle known as Rujm el-Hiri (also Gilgal Refaim) in Golan Heights suggests that it was not built to observe the heavens.

The lamp depicts Jewish motifs from a time when Jewish worship was suppressed under the Romans.

A carved boulder found deep in a cave in Israel may have been used for rituals more than 35,000 years ago.

The sword, which has iron rivets in its handle, may be one of the earliest iron artifacts found in Denmark.

The research details the elaborate process used to manufacture the Nebra Sky Disc during the Bronze Age.

Radioisotopes in the bones of an 18-month-old boy who lived almost 13,000 years ago indicate that his mother ate mostly mammoths.

Newly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.

Researchers say the finds are from aristocratic burials between the fourth and sixth centuries.

Researchers think the wreck was part of a flotilla that accompanied the Portuguese explorer's final voyage.

Two previously unknown Neolithic stone circles have been found in England, and they may have been part of a "sacred arc," an archaeologist says.

Researchers now think the boat was a local "føringsbåt" for passengers and cargo.

The Book of Kells is considered one of the finest surviving medieval manuscripts.

The discovery suggests the mysterious "King Arthur's Hall" in England is older than Stonehenge.

Archaeologists say the "oracle bones" from ancient China were used in magical attempts to predict the future.

Archaeologists say the finds will help them better understand the prehistoric people who lived or buried their dead in this Italian cave.

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias."