A Viking ship burial has been discovered at the site of Gjellestad in south-eastern Norway. It was first identified during a ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey, and is now being excavated by the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo.

Located on the border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Zeljava bunker is one of the largest military complexes in Europe. It was built by the former Yugoslavia in 1957 to withstand and protect people in the event of a nuclear bomb explosion.

Archaeological evidence found in Egypt has led many people to believe that aliens have appeared on Earth since ancient times.

Ancient clothing artefacts have been found in China’s Yanghai tombs. One of the finds includes a pair of trousers, thought to date back up to 3,300 years.

Example of the grave 11 from the Hungarian Conquest period cemetery of Karos-Eperjesszög: a) picture of the grave (Révész, 1999); and b) reconstruction of the burial …

Archaeologists have found millions of ancient Egyptian animal mummies of all types of creatures. There are some theories to why this was done.

The skeleton of the 50-year-old woman, laid to rest in a ceremonial ritual around 1,000 years ago in the ancient civilisation of Pachacamac, near Lima, Peru, will go on display at a French museum.

Last night, Egypt has presented a distinguished historical event through the procession of Pharaonic royal mummies, which travelled from the Egyptian Mu

Téviec would be a rather anonymous island located somewhere in Brittany, France, if it wasn’t for its great archaeological value thanks to the many finds – mainly from the Mesolithic Period – that have been excavated there. These finds include the skeletons of two women, dated between 6740 and 5680

An Israeli amateur diver found a large, 900-year-old sword dating back to the Crusades at the bottom of Mediterranean Sea last week, Israeli researchers said on Monday. The diver, identified as Shlomi Katzin from Atlit, Israel, discovered the weapon on Saturday among other artifacts on the Mediterranean seabed, including ancient stone anchors, other anchors made […]

A Nazca skull with long braids Hair still attached to its own skull, measures 2800 mm (2.80m.) in length, possibly belonged to a priestess of …

One might find it curious that we divide the hours into 60 minutes and the days into 24 hours – why not a multiple of 10 or 12?

Ancient India is one of the world’s oldest civilizations with a rich history of development. Discoveries of ancient texts in Sanskrit have surprised researchers.

A pair of mummified knees are most likely those of the famously beautiful spouse of Pharoah Ramses II, who died around 1250BC, say scientists

Here are several sculptural proofs that suggest that Ancient Indians knew the science of Fertilization without a microscope.

There is ample scientific evidence which points towards the existence of entrances leading into the Sphinx, where cavities, chambers and tunnels exist.

The unfinished Step Pyramid of Horus Sekhemkhet at Saqqara

Elongated skulls are usually explained in terms of head-binding or artificial cranial deformation.

Noah’s Ark is the boat that saved a generation of humans and animals when the God of Israel decided to destroy the human race by sending a great flood upon the earth. The story shares many elements…

For hundreds of years, the Anga tribe in the remote, […]