Archaeologists Discover Bizarre Ancient Burials
The remains of the deceased found in the burials may be more than 2,000 years old, according to archaeologists.
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Archaeologists Discover 141 Ancient Gold Coins Depicting Nine Roman Emperors in Luxembourg
Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...
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Archaeologists Discover Ancient Tokens That Roman Soldiers Used to Play Strategy Games
The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...
Archaeologists Followed a Sketch by Leonardo da Vinci. It Led to Secret Tunnels Under an Ancient Castle.
An underground tunnel network long rumored thanks to drawings by Leonardo da Vinci under Milan’s Sforza Castle are proven to ...
Archaeologists Are Stumped After Finding a Peculiar Liquid Burial in an Ancient Roman Cemetery
Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural ...
Archaeologists Uncover Unusually Large Chunk of Rare ‘Egyptian Blue’ in Nero’s Palace
The archaeologists unearthed two tubs that, among other things, were used to process the colorful pigments while the palace ...
Archaeologists Uncovered An Ancient ‘Boundary Stone.’ Its Inscription Could Alter Roman History.
Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...
Archaeologists Unearth Mysterious Seated Burials in Ancient French Cemetery
Archaeologists working on the site of an old convent’s garden in Dijon, France, have discovered a strange group of Gallic graves and a children’s necropolis dating back over 2,000 years.
Medieval Mystery Solved: Lost Residence of England’s Last Anglo-Saxon King Uncovered
Archaeologists have likely found King Harold’s lost residence in Bosham, shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, confirming its elite ...
The graves of ‘woman warriors’ are changing what we know about ancient gender roles
Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.
2,500-year-old tombs hold treasure of lost empire in Kazakhstan. See ornate jewelry
The tombs were dated to the fifth century B.C., making them around 2,500 years old. They are believed to have been built by ...
Metal detectorists stumble on 2,000-year-old Roman treasure in Netherlands. Take a look
In total, the treasure trove included 404 coins. Most of these were Roman silver denarii minted between 200 B.C. and 47 A.D., ...