Near the bend of a river in southern Germany, a team of archaeologists and volunteers gathered to excavate a 2,000-year-old fortress. Their finds — ranging from storage pits to a rare writing tool — ...

A set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors. The complete spears made of spruce and pine are among the oldest known ...

Archaeologists and volunteers excavated a 2,000-year-old Celtic fortress and found storage pits, artifacts and a rare writing tool. Photo from LAD / Christoph Steffen Near the bend of a river in ...

Excavating ancient DNA from teeth, an international group of scientists peered into the lives of a once thriving medieval Ashkenazi Jewish community in Erfurt, Germany. The findings, shared today in ...

Archaeologists in Aachen found an ancient Roman wall, part of a destroyed fort and a clue in a 140-year-old mystery, city officials said. Photo from the City of Aachen Walking through the center of ...

Archaeologists in Germany found a 1,800-year-old stone artifact, a carved “giant,” that was of a pillar first discovered in 1908, photos show. Photo from ArchaeoBW and Ch. Hoyer, shared by Stuttgart ...