Archaeology

Archaeologists in the U.K. have discovered ruins of a medieval church graffitied with mystical "'witch marks."'

The latest Nazca Line depicts a giant cat.

Archaeologists have unearthed the rich burial of a sixth-century man thought to be an Anglo-Saxon warlord in southern England, after it was first discovered by metal detectorists.

A Germanic aristocrat is just one of 80 newly discovered ancient burials.

The remains of a 1,200-year-old pagan temple to the Old Norse gods such as Thor and Odin have been discovered in Norway.

Archaeologists have now discovered 59 mummy coffins in Saqqara in Egypt. Many of the mummies are likely the remains of priests.

A young woman's nose and lips were cut off in about A.D. 800, likely as a punishment.

A once-thriving Iron Age village in Iberia was decimated and likely abandoned after a brutal massacre that left bodies lying in the streets where they fell.

Four Iron Age people buried with ample weapons may have died of an infection 2,500 years ago.

A Stone Age adult survived attempted brain surgery before dying more than 7,000 years ago.

After the dog's burial, rising sea levels flooded the region.

Archaeologists have identified the wreck of a Mexican steamer as La Union, an illegal slave ship that smuggled the Maya as cargo to Cuba.

Newly translated Christian texts tell of wizard battles and demon circles.

A CT scan of an ancient mummy shows that its "mummy portrait" was almost, but not completely accurate.

Divers from Finland have made an unexpected discovery while exploring the depths of the Baltic Sea, finding an incredibly well-preserved shipwreck dating back almost 400 years.

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.

Archaeologists have yet to open any of the 2,500-year-old coffins.

It's possible the Vikings thought the afterlife was a mirrored version of the real world.

It took 9 months to build the perfectly scaled model.