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Wishing well used for Bronze Age 'cult rituals' discovered in BavariaItems found in the wishing well include well-preserved pottery, jewelry, beads and an animal tooth.
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Lasers reveal massive, 650-square-mile Maya site hidden beneath Guatemalan rainforestWhile conducting an aerial survey of northern Guatemala, researchers detected a sprawling Maya site.
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Giant Viking hall, possibly connected to Harald Bluetooth, unearthed in DenmarkArchaeologists in Denmark have unearthed portions of a massive Viking hall, with more of the structure still buried.
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Saint Anthony of Padua revealed in stunning facial approximationA team of international researchers has revealed a facial approximation of what Saint Anthony of Padua may have looked like.
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Disease-riddled skeletons suggest leprosy and smallpox ravaged medieval German villageResearchers examined medieval burials in a German cemetery and discovered a rural community tormented by illness.
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'Sacred' owl carvings from Copper Age may actually be children's toysAncient owl carvings from the Iberian Peninsula were likely toys that children carved themselves.
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See how syphilis ravaged a woman’s face 500 years ago, in an artistic interpretationA facial approximation of an Icelandic woman shows that she suffered from syphilis during her lifetime about 500 years ago.
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Meet a medieval woman named 'Tora' who lived 800 years ago in NorwayUsing skeletal remains unearthed in Norway, researchers created a realistic-looking model of what this medieval woman may have looked like.
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One of the oldest written sentences on record blasts hair and beard liceEven Canaanites hated head lice, hidden message on comb reveals.
