N estled in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, Skara Brae is a prehistoric village that has intrigued archaeologists and historians for generations. Built over 5,000 years ago, it predates even the ...

Though many of the richer burial mounds, or kurgans, at the site have long since been looted, the excavation of one of them recently revealed Alanian treasures that have not seen sunlight for at ...

In the summer of 1993, archaeologist Natalia Polosmak and her team were in Ukok, Siberia, investigating a group of kurgans near the border with Mongolia—burial mounds from the Pazyryk culture created ...

They used AI to analyze the data as part of research to locate ancient Japanese burial mounds known as kofun. At least 1,300 locations with land features that could indicate ancient burial mounds ...

COLLINSVILLE — A movement to designate Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site as part of the National Park System may be picking up again. U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth have ...

GRANT-VALKARIA, Fla. -- More Native American mounds were found during some land clearing in Brevard County. Native American mounds found in Grant-Valkaria The mounds were found after a land ...

In a battle between the top two Class 4A baseball teams in Minnesota, No. 1 Mounds View staged a dramatic seventh-inning comeback to defeat No. 2 Cretin-Derham Hall, 4-3, on Wednesday afternoon.

“The remains uncovered today do not appear to be associated with an intact or in site burial. Visual inspection ... The Native American mounds are at least 8 feet tall and consist of layers ...

New analysis of child remains unearthed in an Italian cave reveal that they belong to the earliest-known Homo sapiens female infant burial in Europe—a discovery that helps resolve questions ...

TOKYO -- As Japan's Muslim population soars on the back of government efforts to bring in more foreign workers, a severe shortage of suitable cemeteries is preventing many from burying their dead ...

Earlier finds near Somló include Early Iron Age grave goods found in monumental burial mounds, prompting some researchers to speculate that prominent landmarks such as Somló were the seats of ...