Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...

A British Museum curator explains why making sense of archeological ruins is like finding a single brick in a huge soil heap ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Luxor has archaeologists buzzing with excitement. Could this be the key to unlocking untold ...

A hoard of early medieval coins, dating back to the 11th century, were recently found at a nuclear construction site called ...

New discoveries at an ancient city in Iraq, including written tablets and a game board, may shed light on its hidden history.

The intricate tattoos of animal forms and geometric shapes were revealed when researchers scanned the mummies with lasers.

Neolithic people buried hundreds of stones carved with images of the sun about 4900 years ago and they may have done it ...

Archaeologists working in Luxor, Egypt, recently made several discoveries in the area around Deir al-Bahari (also spelled ...

Zeugma is an ancient city in eastern Turkey renowned for its cultural heritage and archaeological sites. In early December ...

Archaeologists recently concluded their excavation of an area in Luxembourg that contained a hoard of 141 ancient Roman coins, now worth six figures in modern U.S. dollars.

A new archaeological study, conducted along the Jordan River banks south of northern Israel's Hula Valley, offers a fresh ...