Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old sling bullet with a sarcastic message, shedding light on the witty and brutal nature of ancient warfare.

A hiker’s unexpected find of a 3,000-year-old bronze bull sculpture in Mallorca has the potential to reshape our ...

Archaeologists uncover ancient shipwrecks and submerged harbor remains near the 2,300-year-old Greek city of Ptolemais in Libya.

Nestled in the sun-drenched plains of Alicante province, the quaint Spanish town of Villena guards a secret that bridges earth and sky. Back in 1963, .

The Fame was a Dutch merchant ship that wrecked in 1631. Parts of the ship resurfaced in 2013, but the hull had been missing ...

Ancient DNA from Ajvide graves shows Stone Age burials often grouped extended relatives, highlighting the importance of wider ...

Two ancient cylinders from Mesopotamia have been unearthed and translated, revealing new insights about a famous biblical king.

At the heart of Anandabas village stands the nearly 150-year-old Anandabas 10-domed mosque – a structure locals describe as both a place of worship and a living testament to history, tradition and ...

Stories of giants have always stood at the uneasy crossroads of faith, folklore, and archaeology. Now, a 3,300-year-old Egyptian text preserved in the British Museum is once again fueling one of the ...

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Cropped image of Papyrus Anastasi I. Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 A 3,300-year-old Egyptian scroll housed at the British Museum is drawing new attention from historians ...

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even earlier than archaeologists thought. By Franz Lidz Early ...