'Vampire burial' reveals efforts to prevent child's return from grave. Dubbed the 'Vampire of Lugnano,' the child skeleton is being described as 'an anomaly within an already abnormal cemetery.

A 1500-year-old Byzantine church was found during excavation in Turkey's northwestern Edirne province.

Scientists analyzed the microscopic markings on excavated stone tools including these to discover new findings about the ancient Maya from more than 1,000 years ago.

Archaeological evidence showed that the first occupation of the site dated back to the Chalcolithic period. After a long hiatus, it was again occupied in the Late Roman period until the Late Middle Ages.

New discovery sheds light upon origin of flying squirrels. Described in the journal eLife, the 11.6-million-year-old fossil was discovered in a landfill, about 40 kilometres outside the Can Mata city in Spain.

Aiming to increase the awareness in the field, excavation directors, municipality and museum representatives, representatives of non-profit organizations supporting archaeological excavations and conservation projects will contribute to the panel as…

Field work will be carried out by Peruvian and Polish researchers at the Muyu Muyu Inca ceremonial centre, discovered more than ten years ago in Chichas district, province of Condesuyos, Arequipa region, which would have served to pay homage to the…

The excavations by the Archaeological Service, have brought to light a cluster of 16 rock-carved vaulted tombs each with a dromos, entrance and burial chamber.

Non-invasive technique devised by British Museum sheds light on dyeing and weaving process.

Polish archaeologists have announced they have unearthed what is now believed to be the oldest surviving human remains in Poland.

Ancient proteins from ceramic vessels at Çatalhöyük West reveal the hidden cuisine of early farmers

Archaeologist said Jerash a ‘significant urban community of the Early Islamic period’

A unique ivory statuette depicting the god Harpokrates was discovered by archaeologists from the Bosporos Archaeological Expedition of the Research Centre for History and Archaeology of Crimea, the Crimean Federal University in Vernadsky and the…

Amulets with Christian symbolism have been found in the oldest extant town in Denmark; they may shed new light on the Christian roots of Scandinavian society.

The new dinosaur, unveiled in Current Biology on Thursday, looks like a sauropod, the group of classic long-necked dinosaurs that includes Brontosaurus, but it's technically not. Instead, Ledumahadi is an earlier, more distant cousin called a…

Pithos burials have been unearthed in the ancient city of Antandros, which is believed to have been established in the 10th century on the fringe of the Kaz Mountains (Mount Ida) in the western Turkish province of Balıkesir’s Edremit district.