200 pyramids populate desert sands near the ancient city of Meroë, standing testament to a largely untold chapter of African history. Sudan was once home …

200 pyramids populate North Sudan’s desert sands near Meroë, standing testament to a largely untold chapter of African history.

The ancient Greeks could have reached Canada in 56 AD – almost a millennium before the Vikings .

Below the whole group and at the lowest level before reaching the skin, was a bib-like Collarette composed of fine green faience & gold bead …

“Leda and the Swan,” a fresco discovered in a bedroom in Pompeii, shows the mythological Spartan queen and the Roman god Jupiter disguised as a …

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In 1987, a captivating discovery was made by the University of Chelyabinsk’s archaeological expedition: an ancient fortified settlement belonging to the Sintashta culture

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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.