Ancient archaeology

Ancient mummification workshops and tombs have been discovered by archaeologists in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, located south of Cairo, according to the government. Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, revealed that these workshops, where people and sacred...

Archaeologists from the Istanbul Archaeology Museums have been excavating the ancient  Byzantine Church of St. Polyeuktos in the Saraçhane neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey. The church was built between AD 524 and 527 by Anicia Juliana, a Roman princess during the...

Archaeologists from the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) have made a fascinating discovery in Oman's deserts. They have found ancient structures that resemble England's Stonehenge. These structures, called triliths (from Greek 'having three stones'), were built around 2,000 years...

Spanish archaeologists have recently uncovered five life-size human busts that might be the first-ever human images of the Tartessos people. The Tartessos were a group of people who formed an ancient civilization that disappeared more than 2,500 years ago. The...

A new method has been developed by an Italian team that will change the way researchers do archaeology and radiocarbon dating while also safeguarding the cultural heritage. The team has successfully used this technique on old bones, revealing what...

A herd of sheep is helping archaeologists preserve ancient ruins at Pompeii. This Roman city was buried in ash and pumice following the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Despite 250 years of excavations, only about two-thirds of...

At an ancient temple in southern Egypt, archaeologists have uncovered a figure that is reminiscent of a sphinx, as well as the remnants of a shrine. The Hathor Temple is one of the best preserved ancient locations in Egypt, and...

Molly, a nine-year-old girl discovered a 15 million years old rare shark tooth on a Maryland beach. Alicia Sampson, Molly's mother, remembers her and her oldest sister, Natalie, requesting and receiving insulated waders and fossil sifters so they could go...

In a region known as Peary Land at the northern tip of Greenland, researchers uncovered an ancient ecosystem containing two-million-year-old DNA—the world's oldest known thus far. The area is now nothing but a polar desert. However, it once was home...

There is some inconsistency in the knowledge surrounding the Neanderthal diet. Much, it seems, is due to rapid changes in the flow of unfolding research in archaeology and science. Neanderthals are often associated with cavemen who were sluggish, primitive, and...