Latest about Archaeology
'Truly extraordinary' ancient offerings, including statues of snakes and a child priest, found submerged in 'healing' spring in Italy
The remains of ancient bronze statues, including sculpted snakes up to 35 inches long, have been found within a hot spring in Italy.
Rare army general and chariot unearthed among China's Terracotta Warriors
The life-size clay figurines offer new insights into the organization and structure of China's army 2,000 years ago.
Centuries-old floor patched with sliced bones discovered in the Netherlands
DIY-ers in northern Holland filled a large gap in a tile floor with precisely sliced cow bones several centuries ago.
13 ancient Egyptian mummies found with gold tongues to help them talk in the afterlife
More than a dozen ancient gold tongues have been discovered in a cemetery at the site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt.
7,000-year-old alien-like figurine from Kuwait a 'total surprise' to archaeologists
A newfound clay head from the sixth millennium B.C. is the first of its kind ever found in Kuwait, but similar finds have been unearthed from ancient Mesopotamia.
4,000-year-old bones reveal 'unprecedented' violence — tongue removal, cannibalism and evisceration in Bronze Age Britain
The extremely violent treatment of the corpses of at least 37 Bronze Age people is rewriting the history of prehistoric Britain.
Sutton Hoo helmet: A gold- and jewel-encrusted relic with ties to Beowulf and a lost Anglo-Saxon king
Fragments of a helmet recovered from the Sutton Hoo ship burial show that early-medieval metalwork could be decorative and functional.
Oldest firearms ever found in US were abandoned by Spanish in 16th-century battle against Native Americans
Two cannons found at a site dating to 1541 in Arizona may be the oldest surviving firearms in the U.S. They were abandoned by the Spanish after they were defeated in battle.
