Archaeologists are investigating a 3,000-year-old gravesite discovered during the expansion of a modern-day cemetery in Germany. An excavation team learned the site, at the Espelkamp municipal ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala, archaeologists stumbled upon hundreds of fragmented human bones showing signs of injury. The discovery paints a chilling picture: The people here were ...

A pair of chert points found alongside human skeletons in a cave in Belize may represent the first known tattooing needles ever discovered from a site linked to the ancient Maya civilization.

Cueva de Sangre, or the 'Blood Cave', has proved fascinating for researchers for decades.

Eighteen thousand years ago, our Ice Age ancestors practiced both cave art and cannibalism ... Marginedas speculates that the disrespectful burial suggests this was a form of violent cannibalism ...

The great bustard, now an endangered species, was once hunted and eaten for ancient funeral rites ... For centuries, the cave was used as a burial ground, now known as “Africa’s oldest ...

Deep in an underground cave in Guatemala ... that Cueva de Sangre was the site of an ancient Maya ritual sacrifice rather than a standard burial practice, Fricano said. Cueva de Sangre is accessed ...

Citizen scientists and volunteers with the Cenotes Urbanos organization preserve caves throughout ... year-old burial site, Greek artifacts in Ukraine →Local's theory about ancient standing ...