Few biblical stories are as visually vivid as the fall of Jericho, with marching priests, blaring trumpets and city walls ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and ...

There was likely a familial relation between two of the fallen warriors—father and son—but the third body’s tie to the two ...

Archaeologists recovered the naturally mummified remains of more than 100 Indigenous Yakuts who were buried in Siberia ...

The more welcoming side of Medusa turns typical mythology upside down, with the smile likely designed to represent peace and ...

The 1,100-year-old burials of three elite warriors — two of whom were possibly father and son — have been discovered in ...

Researchers traced the roots of population movements to England during the early medieval period, from the end of Roman rule ...

Fashioned in the shape of a snarling wild animal with "great big flappy ears," as Hinman described them, this bronze trumpet would have been mounted on a long mouthpiece and held high above warriors' ...

An almost complete battle trumpet dating back around 2,000 years to the Iron Age has been unearthed by in England.

Last fall the discovery of a 2,700-year-old toilet made headlines around the world. Its significance had less to do with long-ago plumbing than with the site of its discovery: Jerusalem. No place on ...

Ancient Tamil civilisation's origins are being pushed further into antiquity thanks to groundbreaking evidence uncovered by ...

The 20-centimeter glass phallus, dating from the 16th or 17th century, was discovered in a two-meter-deep latrine shaft connected to the living quarters of a noblewomen's religious house in Herford.