Visibility has always been important in people's decisions about where to live and how to arrange their spaces. People make ...

In the middle of the sixth century B.C., King Croesus of Lydia minted the world's first gold coin. Known as a stater or ...

After the discovery of a long-lost pharaoh's tomb was revealed last week, archaeologists may have unearthed another ...

Iron Age Iberians nailed skulls to walls in public. But were the remains those of revered friends—or reviled foes?

In a cave in southern Italy, archaeologists sifted through a muddy riverbed normally submerged by the turquoise waters of an underground river. A dull brown artifact caught their attention — and ...

The Negev is a large desert region in southern Israel, whose main city is Be’er Sheva. They unearthed 2,500-year-old tombs ...

"As is the case for so many Iron Age bog bodies, the young woman suffered a highly violent death which involved the flow of ...

London 's origins as a city date back to the days of the Roman Empire, after the invaders arrived to Great Britain and ...

The discoveries shed a fascinating light on naval warfare, trade, and daily life around the Baltic Sea in the late 15th ...

The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his ...

A group of amateur treasure seekers in Poland uncovered a giant two-handed sword from the Middle Ages alongside two axes.