New research challenges the centuries-old assumption that the world's most famous illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, was created on the Scottish island of Iona. Instead, Dr.

A remarkable discovery of 97 Byzantine gold coins and exquisite jewelry has shed new light on the dramatic final chapter of an ancient Christian city near the Sea of Galilee.

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria on Russia's Taman Peninsula have uncovered the first concrete evidence of classical theater in the Black Sea colony.

Archaeologists from the University of Cádiz have made a remarkable discovery in the town of Teba, Málaga, uncovering what may be one of Andalusia's most monumental prehistoric tombs.

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable 2,500-year-old monument in southern Spain that demonstrates the sophisticated astronomical knowledge of ancient Iberian peoples.

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Hidden beneath a Scottish whisky distillery, archaeologists have uncovered a treasure that enhances our understanding of ancient Britain's most turbulent frontier.

When we picture the history of money, many imagine barter leading naturally to coins, then paper bills, then cards and digital balances.

Archaeologists have uncovered an unprecedented family statue from ancient Egypt that challenges conventional artistic traditions of the Old Kingdom period.

For over a century, a mysterious mummified head housed in Switzerland's Cantonal Museum of Archaeology and History has carried the wrong identity.

In a discovery that sends shockwaves through the archaeological world, researchers have uncovered a mysterious human figure deliberately entombed within the ancient walls of Göbekli Tepe - humanity's ...

Revolutionary artificial intelligence analysis of ancient fossils has overturned long-standing assumptions about when humans first rose from prey to predator.