Digital tools allow archaeologists to identify similarities between fragments and artifacts and potentially recover previously unknown parts of their stories.

The seabed off Sardinia’s northeast coast held its secret for1,686 years. Then an amateur diver, searching waters known more ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars.

A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid ...

Likely related to clashes between the kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia, the site included the remains of a 6-foot-5 man who ...

Around 2400 BC, the people who had built Stonehenge and other massive Neolithic monuments effectively vanished. Previous ...

A new ancient-DNA study suggests the Bronze Age people who transformed Britain around 2400 BC didn’t arrive from Iberia, as older narratives of the “Bell Beaker” story sometimes implied. Instead, ...

Archaeologists say Roman Cologne is rising again beneath the modern city after a series of major discoveries during excavations tied to the underground tour of the MiQua – LVR Jewish Museum. The work, ...

The oval-shaped board has a pattern of carved lines that do not resemble those of any of known game, modern or ancient.

About 4600 years ago, the population of Britain was replaced by a people who brought Bell Beaker pottery with them. Now, ...

Two remarkable Roman altars, unearthed in Scotland, are set to go on public display for the first time, offering a tantalizing glimpse into the religious lives of Roman soldiers on the Empire's ...

The National Museum of Scotland has added to its permanent collection two stone altars of exceptional craftsmanship from the ...