Forum: Archeology

People in the Middle Ages believed Jesus grew up in this first-century house in Nazareth, according to research. Archaeologists working in...

The Mosul Museum had been considered one of the most important museums in Iraq. To the horror of archaeologists, skywizard and the other history...

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A bronze statue dating back up to 1,000 years has been found to contain the remains of a Buddhist monk. While it might not appear particularly...

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Almost 2,000 coins were discovered on the Isreali seabed. A group of amateur scuba divers uncovered Israel’s largest trove of gold coins on...

A shrine excavated at the entrance of a fortress' west terrace in Gegharot in Armenia. The stone stele like would've been a focal point for rituals...

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A 6,000-year-old romance has been uncovered in a Greek cave as archaeologists unearthed the skeletons of an undisturbed Neolithic couple locked in...

The skull showing multiple drill markings. Researchers at the University of Pisa, Italy, have solved the mystery over the honeycombed skull of...

Angkor Wat is a vast stone temple at the heart of an ancient stone city. But at the ends of its corridors and the centres of its hidden rooms...

James Balme, an archaeologist and TV presenter, discovered this stone carving in a garden in Leicester, England, where it was up for sale as a...

Fetal bones are clearly visible around the abdomen, pelvis and thighs of this woman, buried between 7725 and 7630 years ago, according to carbon...

What is it? This giant statue of a scarab beetle, dating to c.332-30 BC during the Egyptian Ptolemaic period, is over 1.5m in length, and stands...

Wading through cave art... Some of the purported "swimmers" in the Cave of the Swimmers, Egypt. ________________________________________________...

Despite a lack of archaeological evidence, the first North Americans have often been depicted hunting with spear-throwers, which are tools that can...

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This fossilized lower jaw was recovered from the seafloor near Taiwain. Researchers say the fossil, dubbed Penghu 1, may be a primitive type of...

Nearly two decades after the ancient skeleton called Kennewick Man was discovered on the banks of the Columbia River, the mystery of his origins ...

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND—Soldiers have been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder for at least 3,000 years, according to a paper written by Jamie...

This mummy mask was one of the masks that the researchers took apart to reveal ancient papyri. This mummy mask is similar to the one that contained...

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Buried by a volcano, the scorched papyri may yet yield their secrets. This papyrus scroll, which survived the volcanic destruction of the Roman...

CAIRO, EGYPT—The BBC reports that archaeologists led by the Czech Institute of Egyptology's Miroslav Bárta have uncovered the tomb of a previously...