Laura Geggel

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A 12th-century stone carving discovered in northern Germany may depict Otto of Bamberg, a bishop and missionary.

The 17th-century sword was found in a cellar that was destroyed during World War II, but it's unknown how it ended up there.

The newfound bracelet was likely awarded for a feat of valor carried out during Rome's conquest of Britain.

Archaeologists have found a shrouded skeleton that was buried around 2,200 years ago in a tomb with extravagant murals.

While it may initially appear that strawberries are fruits covered in seeds, this is not actually the case.

A 13-year-old boy hiking in Haifa discovered a Roman-era ring with a depiction of Minerva, the goddess of war and wisdom.

Archaeologists in Campeche, Mexico, have found an underground structure beneath a Maya ball court, as well as offerings on top of a Maya pyramid at another site.

The unique shape of an ear bone belonging to a Neanderthal child found in a cave in Spain suggests that she had Down syndrome.

Archaeologists on the Channel Islands off the coast of France have found two coins from the Roman era.

Is Stonehenge aligned with the moon? Scientists hope to find out during a rare 'major lunar standstill, which happens once every 18.6 years.

Until the end of the last ice age, American cheetahs, enormous armadillolike creatures and giant sloths called North America home. But it's long puzzled scientists why these animals went extinct about 10,000 years ago.

Magnitude 4.8 and 3.8 earthquakes struck New Jersey and rocked the Northeast on Friday (April 5).

The blade, possibly dropped during Coronado's expedition in 1541, was found in a Texas collector's stash.

Archaeologists in England unearthed a 2,000-year-old clay head of a figurine depicting the Roman god Mercury.

Two waves of mass death hit prehistoric Denmark, with farmers wiping out hunter-gatherers and pastoralists later wiping out the farmers.

Machine learning has helped decipher part of an ancient carbonized scroll found in a villa that likely once belonged to Julius Caesar’s father-in-law.