Stone Age humans living by a lake in what’s now Germany systematically processed animal carcasses for fatty nutrients — essentially running what scientists describe as a “fat factory” to boil bones on ...

Secret messages engraved on 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk in Paris finally decoded Some hieroglyphics may give different messages depending on direction they are read in ...

The secret inscriptions on the 3,300-year-old monument were meant only for the eyes of Egyptian nobility under specific circumstances, Dr Olette-Pelletier argues in a yet-to-be peer-reviewed study.

A demolition ceremony was held Monday for the Old English Village at the Queen Mary, where officials said the teardown would pave the way for a safer, more vibrant area near the historic vessel ...

The Old English names for Oxford, Banbury, Wantage, Bicester and more have been revealed.

Surprise at the millennia-old sword with mysterious runes engraved on its hilt that has appeared in an English cemetery It is a piece from between the 5th and 6th centuries ...

A 715-year-old English castle that has been in the same family for 28 generations and has hosted royalty is now up for sale for the first time in its lengthy existence.

Archaeology Oracle bones: 3,250-year-old engraved bones and tortoise shells from ancient China were used to foretell the future ...

(CNN) — Researchers have uncovered links between the precursor to the world’s oldest writing system and the mysterious, intricate designs left behind by engraved cylindrical seals that were ...