Archaeologists in Azerbaijan have made an extraordinary discovery that is reshaping our understanding of Bronze Age elite society.

Insch/The ConversationThere was great excitement at the news this month that the Bayeux tapestry – the 11th-century embroidered epic depicting the conquest of England by William the C ...

Konstantine Panegyres/The ConversationThese days when you see people exercising, they’re usually also listening to music, whether they’re at the gym, or out jogging on the street.It makes sense, as st ...

Williams/University of CambridgeAfter baffling scholars for over a century, Cambridge researchers have reinterpreted the long-lost Song of Wade, revealing it to be a chivalric romance ...

Bulgarian archaeologists have made what could be one of the most spectacular discoveries in the country's recent archaeological history - the long-sought palace and tomb of a powerful Thracian king be ...

A remarkable discovery in Spain's Catalan Pyrenees has provided unprecedented forensic evidence of prehistoric violence.

Turkish archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of ancient warfare at the legendary city of Troy, discovering thousands of 3,500-year-old sling stones and weapons that may finally prove Home ...

By John Brhel/ Binghamton UniversityNew research transforms our understanding of the Dark Ages…It turns out the Dark Ages weren’t all that dark!

Could you ever be truly alone in the woods of ancient Greece or Rome? According to myth, the ancient world was filled with wild animals, terrifying monsters, and mischievous deities. Among them were ...

A study of over 500 ancient Egyptian graves has revealed that the foundations of pharaonic religion emerged from grassroots burial practices in rural communities, challenging the long-held belief that ...

Italian archaeological mission has uncovered remarkable Greco-Roman tombs with pristine hieroglyphic inscriptions near the iconic Aga Khan Mausoleum in Aswan, revealing fascinating in ...

On 11 July 1613, a sixteen-year-old youth was crowned Grand Prince, Tsar and Sovereign Autocrat of All Russia in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.