A remarkable discovery in Crete has reinvigorated debate over the origins behind the ancient Greek myth of the labyrinth.

A little more than a week from today, the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City, Nigeria, will open its MOWAA ...

A volunteer metal detectorist discovered a 2,200-year-old Celtic gold coin in Germany. Found in a field in Saxony, the nearly ...

At the northern end of Hadrian’s Wall, volunteers and archaeology students uncovered pottery, metalwork, soldiers’ tools, and ...

Excavations in Benin, Nigeria, have uncovered a record of the Kingdom, revealing royal quarters, shrines, and layers from the ...

The remnants of Typhoon Halong scattered artifacts from an archaeological site along the shore of the Bering Sea.

Families in East Macon enjoyed hands-on history at Fort Hawkins' 20th Archaeology Day, engaging with artifacts, ...

The use of AI in archaeology is advancing research on the Hittite civilization, offering deeper understanding of Anatolia’s ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

An excavation at Oxford University has yielded ancient book clasps, medieval pens and imported fish bones, offering ...

More than 160 cremation graves were discovered at the ancient site of Olbia, which began as a fortified Greek settlement around 350 B.C. in what is now the south of France. The ge ...

The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...