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An inscription on an 1,100-year-old breastplate found in a ruined fortress in Bulgaria may contain one of the earliest known examples of Cyrillic text, researchers claim.

A well-preserved 7,000-year-old skeleton discovered near Kraków may have belonged to a Neolithic farmer.

Archaeologists in Switzerland have unearthed the remains of a fourth century A.D. watchtower built to protect the edge of the Roman Empire.

Buddhists lived in Egypt during Roman times, a 1st-century Buddha statue found in Berenike suggests.

The identities of a pharaoh and a nonroyal person in an "impossible" statue may have finally been deciphered.

Newfound tombs from ancient Egypt at Saqqara include the burials of a temple overseer, royal treasury artist and an unknown individual.

A new look at the 13th-century Stone of Destiny reveals mysterious markings and other 'anomalies' that previously went unnoticed.

Twelve severed hands found buried at an ancient Egyptian palace were likely cut from enemies and exchanged for gold in a ceremony known as "gold of honor," a new study finds.

The 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt, which reigned from about 1550 B.C. to 1292 B.C., was the longest lasting.

A historians just found a hidden, ancient fragment of the Bible in the Vatican that no one has seen before.

Based on ancient writings, legends and recent discoveries, where might Alexander the Great be buried?

Two Roman-era mosaics depicting the snake-haired mythological figure Medusa were unearthed at the Villa of the Antonines in Italy.

When the pharaoh Tutankhamun died young, his widow may have tried to remain on the Egyptian throne, ancient letters reveal.

Archaeologists have discovered broken pharaoh-sphinx statues at an ancient Egyptian sun temple.

A restoration project has revealed ancient Egyptian zodiac paintings and inscriptions at the Temple of Esna.

Archaeologists have discovered two 1,400-year-old murals of two-faced men within a ceremonial hall that belonged to the Moche culture of Peru.

Archaeologists in Sudan have uncovered the remains of a temple dating to 2,700 years ago.

A sphinx found at an ancient Egyptian temple may depict the face of the Roman emperor Claudius, but not everyone agrees with this interpretation.

For years, scientists have known there was something hidden above the entrance to the Great Pyramid. Now, they've finally revealed it.

Archaeologists haven't uncovered an elite housing complex at Chichen Itza, but there is news; a previously closed off area at the site will open to the public in 2023.

Egypt has released photos of a newly discovered Book of the Dead from more than 2,000 years ago.

A cemetery in central Italy has the remains of children whose bodies were pinned down with rocks, likely to prevent "revenants" rising from the dead.