Visibility has always been important in people's decisions about where to live and how to arrange their spaces. People make ...

In the middle of the sixth century B.C., King Croesus of Lydia minted the world's first gold coin. Known as a stater or ...

The discoveries shed a fascinating light on naval warfare, trade, and daily life around the Baltic Sea in the late 15th ...

After the discovery of a long-lost pharaoh's tomb was revealed last week, archaeologists may have unearthed another ...

London 's origins as a city date back to the days of the Roman Empire, after the invaders arrived to Great Britain and ...

A group of amateur treasure seekers in Poland uncovered a giant two-handed sword from the Middle Ages alongside two axes.

"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent death which involved the flow of ...

In a cave in southern Italy, archaeologists sifted through a muddy riverbed normally submerged by the turquoise waters of an underground river. A dull brown artifact caught their attention — and ...

The huge archaeology breakthrough is thought to be the tomb of Tutankhamun's ancestor, Thutmose II, who died 3,500 years ago ...

German officials recently announced the excavation of Marienkirche in Gardelegen, which yielded unusual artifacts including ...

A sudden loss of jobs at the National Park Service has some terminated archaeologists rethinking a life of public service.