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Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even ...

Archaeologists believe they found a residence of medieval ruler Harold Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. A nearby church and toilet were vital clues.

Archaeologists found the ancient graveyard during construction work and, so far, have excavated less than half of it.

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Archaeologists working with Charlotte’s Univeristy of North Carolina are trying to determine what led to the death of a ...

By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern hemisphere, conquering land across three continents and ruling over states from Egypt ...

A large team of archaeologists, historians and prehistory specialists affiliated with a host of institutions across Spain has ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

A number of ancient Greek artifacts are to be auctioned by Christie's, including a Cycladic figure and a kylix, estimated to ...