The vault’s purpose is still unknown, but theories range from food storage to safe haven during violent feuds.

By Dean Murray Archaeologists have uncovered a nationally significant Anglo-Saxon burial ground during excavations for the ...

A near-complete battle trumpet is one of only three known from Britain and is one of the most complete found in Europe ...

Found in an elite military hoard, this "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery challenges what we know about Iron Age warfare.

Academics have known about a Roman grave on the site near Penrith since the 1960s but have never been able to dig there so ...

The Romans knew their way around Europe. They also knew how to build with a view. A 2,000-year-old stone wall unearthed in a ...

The remains of seven babies have been found next to a Hittite ritual structure in Uşaklı Höyük, revealing unconventional ...

From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into ...

Maritime archaeologists from Denmark's Viking Ship Museum have unearthed an extraordinary find beneath the waters near Copenhagen - the largest medieval cog ever discovered. The 600-year-old vessel ...

Archaeologists working at Gela in southern Sicily have recovered a remarkably delicate, 5th-century BC bone stylus that blends the everyday with the provocative: a carved head - likely Dionysus - and, ...

An "eye-catching" pair of conjoined Roman gold rings - as well as nearly 100 pieces of marble - have been discovered during ...

My quest for the ark of the covenant was abruptly disrupted at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. Three hours into our ...