On the outskirts of a city in southern Sweden sat a row of unusual stones surrounded by miles of plains. Even from a distance ...

Archaeologists were preparing for the construction of a new housing development when they found more than 100 equine skeletons dating to the second century C.E.

The archaeologists discovered the figurine in the Damjili Cave, which was first explored by archaeologists in 1953. Layers ...

Changing all that, the researchers announce the discovery of two “burin spalls” – or stone flakes – from a site called Actun ...

You may have heard of environmentally friendly options for funerals and burials, but not everyone is familiar with human composting.

Three sets of ancestral human remains taken from burial caves in Hawaii and brought to Belfast in the 19th century have been ...

Alepotrypa Burial Cave in Greece, used 8,000 years ago and later reused by Mycenaeans, contains ancient historical treasures ...

After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media The ...

Archaeologists in Crete have uncovered a 3,800-year-old Minoan ritual of demolishing tombs and a communal feast.

Great bustards are listed as endangered worldwide by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and are found ...