• The most amazing coin treasures uncovered in 2021
Many of these hoards were found by amateur treasure-hunters
Many of these hoards were found by amateur treasure-hunters
Archaeologists unearthed amazing swords, daggers and other weaponry this year.
Over 150 years after the first Pompeii victims were found, two more have been discovered.
Archaeologists found two Stone Age skulls in Dehesilla Cave on the Iberian peninsula. One of the skulls (front) showed signs of a type of brain surgery called trepanation.(Image: © University of Seville)A Stone Age skull found in a Spanish cave b
The brain cells turned to glass after being exposed to an avalanche of hot ash.
This rural mosque likely served nearby farmers sometime between A.D. 600 and 700.Credit: Israel Antiquities AuthorityThe remains of a humble house of worship have been discovered in Rahat, Israel.While surveying the site before the construction of a new n
An archaeologist carefully excavates the Prittlewell burial chamber. The chamber was discovered in 2003; it has taken researchers 16 years to carefully remove, clean and analyze the artifacts. Many will now be on permanent display at the Southend Central
The carved "head" of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.Credit: Egypt ministry of antiquitiesEgyptian archaeologists have announced a rare discovery out of a temple along the Nile River: the carved head of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius.The stone
An excavated street at the Indus site of Kalibangan, a Bronze Age settlement that sits right along the Ghaggar-Hakra paleochannel, visible in the background.Credit: S. Gupta/Imperial College LondonAlmost 5,000 years ago, a civilization developed in what i
The story of a teenage soldier named Laurentius Loricatus, who accidentally killed a man was written on a lengthy scroll in A.D. 1244, and is now kept at the Vatican Secret Archives.Credit: G. VendittozziAbout 800 years ago, a teenage soldier named Lauren
Ancient Egyptians who buried their deceased kin in pots may have chosen the burial vessels as symbols of the womb and rebirth, scientists argue in a new paper.
When Egyptologists broke open the tomb of Queen Nefertari in 1904, they found a once-lavish burial place that had been looted in antiquity. Among the broken objects left behind were three portions of mummified legs.
A ceramic vessel bearing the sculpture of a pensive-looking figure has been found in the Israeli city of Yehud.
An unobscured view of the limestone bedrock of the tomb said to belong to Jesus Christ.Credit: ODED BALILTY / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICNew images from a conservation project in Jerusalem reveal the original limestone bed where the body of Jesus Christ is said t
An ancient tablet recently unearthed in Tuscany has revealed its first secret: the engraved name of a goddess linked to fertility.
The ancient Egyptians had their pyramids, the Greeks, their sculptures and temples. And everybody knows about the Maya and their famous calendar.But other ancient peoples get short shrift in world history. Here are a handful of long-lost cultures that don