Influencers promoting "paleo", "carnivore", or "ancestral" diets believe that eating as early humans did can make us fitter, ...

The Ancient Pazyryk culture's frozen tombs, preserved mummies, tattoos, and artifacts reshape views on nomadic life.

Archaeologists in Turkey have brought a striking new face of early Christianity into view, uncovering a rare fresco that ...

The fantasy of stumbling onto a hidden chamber straight out of an adventure film has become reality at one of the world’s ...

Earliest evidence found of rice plants in the Pacific on Guam, revealing rituals and a journey from the Philippines 3,500 years ago.

Archaeologists in Norway have excavated a Viking Age grave of an individual bedecked in costume and jewelry, as reported by ...

Two iron ankle shackles, buried for about 2,200 years in the Egyptian desert, have revealed new evidence of forced labor.

The order of the Knights Templar was officially founded in 1119 AD by a group of nine prominent knights, led by Hugues de Payens (Hugo de Paganis). Besides Payens, the other knights were recorded as ...

Christos Tsirogiannis has spent almost two decades trawling through inventories of museums, auction houses and other collections for illegally trafficked antiquities.