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In 1922, the world stood in awe as the tomb of King Tutankhamen was unveiled. But a century later, new research and strange ...

The discovery of a peculiarly shaped skull by archaeologists has illuminated a previously unknown ritual deformation process.

Tucked under London’s Palace of Westminster— one of the most famous structures in the city and home to the Houses of ...

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling "The Lady with the Inverted ...

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

Learn more about magnetic “switchbacks,” an odd magnetic twist that wasn’t expected to happen so close to home.

Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the ...

Flag Fen Archaeology Park sits in the midst of a unique Bronze Age landscape east of Peterborough, in England. Some 3,500 ...