Archaeology

The Temple Scroll is the best preserved of all 900 Dead Sea Scrolls, and researchers just got one step closer to figuring out its secret.

The first-ever ancient DNA from the long-lost Harappan Civilization is revealing intriguing hints about the Indus Valley.

"Wherever you dig, there's another one," the site's chief archaeologist said.

There were no bodies, no formal burial, no jewelry to carry on to an afterlife — just the skulls. No one knew why they were there.

The altar reveals new details about a rebellion against the Kingdom of Israel.

Grave robbers are usually a determined bunch, but for the past 3,400 years, unsavory burglars have managed to miss two ancient burial chambers just outside of Corinth, Greece.

Archaeologists excavating the scene of the most infamous clan massacre in Scottish history have unearthed parts of a 'lost village' in the Highlands valley of Glencoe.

Ancient sailors courted adventure and risked death on the Aegean Sea, as shown in five 2,000-year-old shipwrecks and a giant, granite anchor pole found near the Greek island of Levitha.

There was likely no shortage of ale and good cheer at a recently unearthed Viking drinking hall, discovered in northern Scotland.

The bronze bell is a religious relic that may be 1,000 years old.

Archaeologists discovered dozens of bodies in coffin-like stone boxes called cists.

No one knew this bust featured Alexander the Great, until now.

"I went to Rome and all I got you was this pen."

She was about 40 when she died and performed very little physical labor in life.

The underwater city was named after the legendary Hercules, who ancient people believed actually visited the city.

Analysis of her weapon suggested it came from what is now Poland.

An Iron Age warrior who likely fought Julius Caesar's legionnaires has been unearthed in the United Kingdom, according to news sources.

Inside the buried remains of the Great Synagogue of Vilna in Lithuania, archaeologists have found a priceless inscription, colorful floors, piles of coins and parts of the bimah.

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of amputated human limbs at the field hospital that serviced the wounded at the Battle of Waterloo.