Ruben Manzanilla Lopez of the National Institute of Anthropology and History shows the skeleton of a mammoth discovered in the construction site of Mexico City’s new airport on September 3. Marco Ugarte/AP

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Tollund Man was likely the victim of a human sacrifice. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Two new fragments of the Fasti Ostienses, a Roman calendar inscribed on marble slabs, were discovered in the Ostia Antica archaeological park

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient figurine depicting the Greek goddess Hecate, in the ancient Greek city of Kelenderis in Turkey.

These unusual looking bone objects represent a pair of medieval ice skates. They date from circa 11th/12th century AD and were discovered in Viking Age Dublin.

A 1,200-year-old telephone, a marvel of ancient invention, surprises almost all who hear about it.

It is one of the most mysterious archaeological sites in Russia – an ancient complex engulfing a small island in the center of a remote lake in the mountains of southern Siberia.

Believe it or not, the Christmas holiday season is fast approaching, when homes will be adorned with twinkling lights and the spirit of giving fills the air.

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The Cugnot ‘fardier à vapeur’ was designed in 1769 by a French military engineer looking for a new way to haul heavy equipment to the battlefield. It ultimately failed, but its legacy lives on

Bizarre claims that archaeologists have discovered an ‘800-year-old mobile phone’ have sent conspiracy forums into overdrive.

The 1900 view must have looked like a random mountain, until the excavations and clean-up began.

Osirian statuettes of gods and goddesses found in situ on the floor of the sea at ancient Heracleion by Franck Goddio. Photo: Saint Louis Art …

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The find was made during excavations of a fortified structure in the ancient city of Hadrianopolis in Paphlagonia, near modern-day Eskipazar, in Karabük Province.

What is probably the first man-made armor for any animal appeared as early as 2600–2500 BCE.