While digging for worms near a house in Sweden, a homeowner uncovered something much larger and much more significant. Archaeologists identified the finds as a collection of thousands of silver ...

As all these discoveries show, the land’s buried secrets have the power to transform our understanding of history, faith, and ...

These eight discoveries about Native Americans have changed the way archaeologists and historians understand the history of the U.S.

A student from the Sunshine State recently struck gold during an archaeological excavation in Britain – over 4,000 miles from home. Yara Souza of Orlando, Florida, discovered the ninth-century golden ...

Most people understand, generally, what archaeology entails. Which is to say, lots of digging in dirt and carefully brushing things off. More specifically, archaeologists are looking to unearth these ...

The diver quickly alerted the authorities, who mobilized a team of underwater archaeologists and police. After a preliminary ...

In the popular imagination, life at Pompeii came to an abrupt and violent end after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Its pristine frescoes, well-preserved buildings, and petrified bodies seem ...

The young man, no older than 25, had gone to the afterlife with an opulent assortment of grave goods, including an entire elephant tusk. Archaeologists who excavated his 5000-year-old remains in 2008 ...

From children's drawings to ancient fast-food counters, new finds continue to reshape our understanding of daily life in the ill-fated Roman city. A restorer works on one of the frescoes in the ...

There are certain wonders in the world that are so famous, it's hard to imagine a time before they were discovered. From Machu Picchu to Stonehenge, there are mysteries out there that were left by ...

Hsia Nai. Archaeological work during the Cultural Revolution.--Ku Yen-wen. Han tombs at Mancheng.--Ku Yen-wen. Tatu, the Yuan capital.--Lan, Hsin-wen. Finds from Kansu.--Hsiang Po. Chʻu tomb and ...