History

The "friendship ornaments" were made out of broken slate rings.

Archaeologists are studying a buried, fourth-century pot of Roman coins that an amateur treasure hunter found with a metal detector.

A new study has provided the first physical evidence of ceramic containers being used as hand grenades around 900 years ago. The handheld explosives were likely used in battles during the Crusades.

Human parasitic infection in the U.K. evolved over time and between regions due to changes in sanitation, according to research from the University of Oxford.

Archaeologists unexpectedly discovered a Viking boat burial deep underground in Norway.

Archaeologists in Egypt have found traces of an ancient temple where people worshiped the god Zeus-Kasios.

Meat-heavy feasts happened only occasionally among the Anglo-Saxons, two studies on skeletal remains and food lists reveal.

The oldest documented observation of an aurora may be in an ancient Chinese text.

Glacial archaeologists in Norway have found an ancient sandal that provides evidence of historic human traffic on a remote mountain pass known as the Horse Ice Patch.

An ancient pottery workshop dating to the beginning of the Roman period has been discovered in west Alexandria, Egypt. Evidence suggests the site may have been used later in the Byzantine period.

Animal portraits may have been placed close to flickering fires to appear animated.

Archaeologists in Wales have discovered a site with the remains of buildings and burials dating back to the Stone Age.

Architects have been trying to fix the Leaning Tower of Pisa for hundreds of years. So, will it ever fall over?

The mysterious Antikythera mechanism, thought by some to be the world's first computer, was first "started up" on Dec. 22, 178 B.C., archaeologists have now found.

Archaeologists in Guatemala have uncovered ancient mural fragments that are the oldest evidence of the Maya calendar on record.