The Battle of Visby was a violent Medieval battle near the town of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland, fought between the inhabitants of Gotland and the Danes, …

Aided by melting permafrost, long-extinct creatures such as the woolly rhino are being uncovered and casting new light on prehistoric eras. Around 20,000 years ago, …

The femur of a giant dinosaur was found this week by French paleontologists at an excavation site in southwest France where, since 2010, remains of …

Meganeura is a genus of extinct insects from the Carboniferous period (approximately 300 million years ago), which resembled and are related to the present-day dragonflies. Its wingspans …

The massive 26 ft (8 meters) statue was found in the groundwater of a Cairo slum by archaeologists from Egypt and Germany. It is likely …

An ancient dog finds in Russia in the Far East that he lived a glorious eighteen thousand years ago. It was found last year in …

While walking along Red Creek, London, Texas, in June 1936, Emma Zadie Hahn and her husband Max Edmond Hahn made an unusual discovery: a piece …

An archaeologist takes the ancient coins out of the pit at a construction site in Weinan, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, on Nov 9, 2018. [Photo/VCG] …

Statue heads carved 5,000 years ago of two Greek deities have been unearthed in an ancient city of western Turkey that was home to one …

‘Dinosaur mummy’: Researchers believe they’ve found one of the best preserved dinosaurs ever Credit: Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Canada Researchers in Canada have discovered parts …

National Archeology Museum and hospital join forces to produce reconstruction of the bodies in 3D Of all the sick people undergoing a CT scan in …

Strikingly tall skeletons uncovered in the Ecuador and Peru Amazon region are undergoing examination in Germany, according to a research team headed by British anthropologist …

This 2,000-year-old wooden chariot was buried alongside the remains of two horses and a dog, as well as the remains of a nobleman from Thrace, …

Over 3,000 years in the making. Discover 181 priceless ancient Egyptian treasures. Ramses II, known as Ramses the Great, was the most celebrated and powerful …

This cave has a relatively unique feature in that the exterior has been carved in the shape of a tiger’s head, mouth wide open to …

It was said that Goto Matabei (also known as Mototsugu) was born ready to fight. He was a much-respected professional warrior of the Sengoku period …

A stack of coins was found to be an unlikely lifesaver when a Reddit user revealed that his great-grandfather narrowly avoided being shot during the …

Hair on 2,000-year-old mummies has helped reveal what Paracas people in Peru ate in the weeks before their death. A team of archaeologists used the …

Practically everyone has seen the iconic images of the Easter Island heads. What you may not have known is that those Easter Island heads actually have hidden buried …

Scientists in Peru have managed to recreate the face of a female Peruvian leader who died 1,700 years ago, with the use of 3D printing. …