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Archaeologists in North Macedonia uncovered a 2,600-year-old warrior grave containing a helmet, sword, shield, spears and a ...

After a devastating fire destroyed Aigeira, its Mycenaean community rebuilt the settlement almost immediately and enclosed it ...

A new forensic study of 5,000-year-old skulls from Abydos has found potentially lethal trauma, strengthening the case for ...

New Ur III cuneiform tablets from the Iraq Museum reveal a royal princess’s estate, new place names, mobile labor and a ...

Underwater surveys at Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu have revealed ancient ring wells, a Persian trade jar and submerged structures ...

Archaeologists in Russia have discovered a medieval silver hoard weighing more than two kilograms, including two ...

Archaeologists uncovered defensive ditches, stone cannonballs and a Lutheran cemetery around a medieval windmill that may ...

A wildfire on Cerro Casitagua near Quito exposed a mysterious rock-cut stairway beside an ancient pre-Hispanic route, ...

A new study suggests Mycenaean mourners used gold, glass and weapons to transform the dead into carefully composed burial ...

A newly read name from a 3,500-year-old Egyptian tomb reveals a dog with an unusual coat, a rare hieroglyph and a possible ...

A 2,000-year-old warship linked to Mithridates VI is revealing how Black Sea shipbuilders used copper, bronze and lead to ...