Latest about Archaeology
45 amazing facial reconstructions, from Stone Age shamans to King Tut
New scientific techniques are helping us reconstruct people from the past in uncanny detail.
WWII British sub that sank with 64 on board finally found off Greek Island
The discovery of the WWII wreck solves an 81-year-old mystery about the submarine's fate.
5,000-year-old jade 'dragon' unearthed in tomb in China
Archaeologists have found the largest ever jade "dragon" made by the Neolithic Hongshan culture on record.
5,000-year-old cemetery in Spain has twice as many females as males, and nobody knows why
There are more than twice as many females as males buried in an ancient cemetery in Spain, a new study finds — but no one knows why.
Phaistos Disk: 3,000-year-old inscriptions from Crete that have never been deciphered
None of the many interpretations of the Phaistos Disk's inscriptions are universally accepted.
British explorer Sandy Irvine's foot discovered 100 years after he vanished on Everest
The boot containing a sock bearing Irvine's name and the remains of a foot.
Evidence of Assyrians' conquest of Holy Land discovered in Jerusalem
The discovery of a building that the Assyrians likely tore down in the eighth century B.C. reveals the political dynamics of that age in Jerusalem.
Basement renovation in home near Paris unearths cemetery spanning 700 years, with Roman-era graves
A homeowner doing a basement renovation project near Paris unexpectedly found a skeleton, which later led to the discovery of nearly 40 burials, some of them dating to Roman times.
