That was the case recently when a remarkable discovery from the Copper Age was made during an otherwise routine dig for a new ...

Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history.

Archaeologists have discovered some of the earliest-known stone fragments containing Germanic letter inscriptions at a grave ...

Fragments of the oldest rune stone in the world were found in an ancient Norwegian burial ground ... possible that the Hole stones started as one grave marker, which was later broken into pieces ...

Archaeologists have pieced together the earliest stone fragments containing inscriptions of Germanic letters, revealing what ...

While archaeologists in Norway were excavating an ancient burial ... world’s oldest known rune stone. But that turned out to be just the first piece of a puzzle. Archaeologists spent three years ...

In many ancient ... s grave contained funerary tokens which seemed to confirm her elite status within the Neolithic community. Buried alongside her were mother-of-pearl jewelry and stone necklaces.

Highway workers found an ancient Roman cemetery, including a grave filled with a curious substance ... According to officials, the coffin, made of stone and carved by hand, had been "undisturbed ...

Archaeologists found the ancient graveyard during construction work and, so far, have excavated less than half of it.

The grave goods include well made stone battle axes, metal daggers with elaborately decorated hilts, and precious ornaments of gold and amber - these are some of the loveliest prehistoric objects ...

RAKSHA DAVE: A very long time ago in ancient Britain ... RAKSHA: We think Stone Age people believed his grave was a magical place, and visited the cave from miles around. PHIL: He was obviously ...