About 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of boats approached the island of Als off the ...

Using naturally occurring muons, researchers are embarking on a non-invasive quest to scan the interior of El Castillo.

An ancient fingerprint and several chemical clues from a 2,400-year-old sea raiders' boat are revealing secrets about where ...

A groundbreaking genetic study has revealed that Italians who reach 100 carry significantly more ancient Western hunter-gatherer DNA than their younger counterparts. The research, published in ...

A museum visit sparked a revelation when a Roman glass cup was turned around and its overlooked markings came into focus.

An ancient and mysterious mass Bronze Age burial in the hills of south-west Scotland has been uncovered by Scottish ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

A hiker stumbles upon a 1,700-year-old leather sandal in Norway, as ice recedes and reveals secrets from the Roman past.

A 2,000-year-old shipwreck found off the coast of Alexandria is offering a rare look into ancient Egypt’s elite watercraft, ...

In terms of legal repercussions and legacy, Capt Adair and Lt Dathan faced trial aboard Lord Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory.

Is​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ it possible that two old swords, buried only an inch below a field in Gloucestershire, contain the secret of a long-gone chapter of Britain’s history? The response of archaeologists ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better studied.) Via the Congo river, water drains into the Atlantic largely from six ...