The chamber holds a stone coffin engraved with the physician’s name and titles, which include "director of medicinal plants" ...

The statue, believed to be of a high-ranking military commander, was discovered at the famous Terracotta Army site in China, ...

The intricately crafted coffin dates back more than 1,500 years. Researchers say it weighs around 1,650 pounds, "comparable ...

Archaeologists recently used a drone to map a sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Georgia ...

A hoard of coins dating back to the 11th century has been found at the site of a future nuclear power station. Oxford ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2021, scientists discovered sets of ancient human footprints—now known as the Koobi Fora ...

A team of archaeologists affiliated with several institutions in Germany, working with a colleague from the U.K. and another from Brazil, has found new evidence of the importance of maize to ...

These cemeteries included Cemetery 1, which was used for ad sanctos burials (interments near areas of religious importance); Cemetery 2, which was ... Using full-spectrum image analysis and ...

Getty Images) By then, it was clear that Stonehenge had a complex history spanning as much as a thousand years. Archaeologists knew that many stones were missing. How many was an open question.