Archaeology

The relief, found on a wall panel in the underground complex, shows the integration of Neo-Assyrian culture into the Aramaic culture of Iron Age Turkey.

Bronze Age copper alloy daggers were used for processing animal carcasses, a revolutionary new analysis technique has revealed.

The Neolithic structure is 500 years older than the oldest structure previously found in the Abu Dhabi islands.

The house and other finds, which date from the 13th to 19th centuries, show how the area was used and changed throughout the centuries.

Scientists have uncovered the mystery of a 1,500-year-old bird mummy that was mislabeled.

Using a 3D scanning process known as photogrammetry, archeologists have uncovered five previously unknown giant cave paintings.

Archaeologists have discovered a defiant message, possibly written by a Cuban soldier, in a bunker system that was built to protect the island during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Archaeologists have discovered 30 ballcourt carvings in southern Mexico that may date as far back as 100 B.C. and were possibly used in ritual bloodletting.

The female's burial had 4 arrowheads.

DNA analysis shows that the area around Stonehenge was likely an important open area where hunter-gatherers and later farming communities resided long before construction of the monument.

Human remains, originally investigated by the police as a crime scene, have now been discovered to date from A.D. 900 and were possibly sacrificial victims

A ship, uncovered by construction workers near Tallinn's Old Harbor in Estonia, is a rare find that can shed light on medieval shipbuilding.

The statue of Anat, the goddess of love and war, was discovered by a farmer in his field and dates back to 2500 B.C.

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.