A rare coin that was used to pay for bus rides in the 1950s in England has been found to be over 2000 years old after it was donated to the Leeds Museums and Galleries.

Scientists studying Mars may have uncovered a brand-new mineral hidden in the planet’s ancient sulfate deposits. By combining laboratory experiments with orbital data, researchers identified an ...

On a routine swim off Israel’s Mediterranean coast, archaeology graduate student Shlomi Katzin noticed something odd on the seafloor: the hilt of a sword protruding from the sand. Just before the ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

In the current year, the region plans to build a scientific center with a congress hall and a simultaneous interpretation booth ...

Researchers think it will provide new information on ancient customs.

The evidence shows that the ‘Ubeidiya site is at least one million nine hundred thousand years old. This finding represents a ...

What started as a routine elevator shaft installation in a Barcelona hotel basement has turned into one of the most significant Roman archaeology discoveries in Spain in decades. Excavations beneath ...

For Maryland residents, Jefferson Patterson Park represents an incredible resource that’s been hiding in plain sight, waiting to be discovered. It’s the kind of place that makes you proud to live in a ...

An excavation team at the Birds of Paradise wetland field complex in northwestern Belize has uncovered a Maya site occupied between a.d. 800 and 1500, after Maya urban centers had been abandoned, ...

A rare piece of 9th century gold, discovered by a Newcastle University archaeology student, will feature in a major new exhibition of northern archaeology treasures at Great North Museum: Hancock.

A prehistoric mass grave in Serbia reveals that more than 77 people—mostly women and children—were deliberately killed in a brutal act of violence about 2,800 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests the ...