In 2020, archaeologists in the United Kingdom made a surprising discovery. At Durrington Walls, a large Neolithic henge not far from Stonehenge, they found more than a dozen large, deep pits buried ...

Swedish archaeologists recently uncovered remnants of a forgotten 16th-century city beneath modern-day Gothenburg. The excavation was conducted by Arkeologerna, a Swedish archaeological consultancy, ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed a trove of bullets at one of the most iconic battle sites in Scotland — shedding light on its final chaotic moments. The finds, made at Culloden Battlefield near ...

Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. An artist’s ...

A field in eastern England has revealed evidence of the earliest known instance of humans creating and controlling fire, a significant find that archaeologists say illuminates a dramatic turning point ...

Scientists have discovered the wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat—estimated to have been some 115 feet long and 23 feet wide—submerged in an ancient port complex off of the coast of Alexandria ...

WARSAW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Poland has detained a Russian archaeologist whom Ukraine accuses of unauthorised excavation and plundering historical artefacts in Crimea, Polish authorities said on ...

In recent years, museums and cultural institutions have been taking steps to reckon with their legacies while they grapple with the colonial histories of items within their collections. Headlines have ...

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Poland detained a Russian archaeologist who works on an ancient site in Crimea, which Russia seized in 2014. Ukraine calls the work illegal. By Valerie Hopkins Reporting from Berlin The Kremlin has ...

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more than 400,000 years ago. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...