Archaeologists have uncovered a fascinating relic of ancient administrative practices during excavations at Abel Beth Maacah, a site in northern Israel rich with historical significance. This ...

And, he was still wearing a wedding ring. The ring was inscribed with his wedding date — Dec. 25, 1908 — and the body was identified as a German soldier from World War I, researchers said, confirmed ...

Danish archaeologists recently announced the discovery during an excavation of a variety of weapons and armor dating to the Iron Age and ancient Rome.

As a new study has suggested that the famous Turin Shroud might not be a Medieval forgery, renewed attention has fallen on ...

Experts in Denmark initially overlooked the “unusual” Roman item because it was buried with “enough weapons for a small army.

The earliest woolen cloths found in Scandinavia are quite rough and irregular, but cloths dating from the Roman Ages are much finer and closely woven. The more regular cloth has a plain twill weave, ...

Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural ...

New sites and artifacts are found all the time, revealing forgotten secrets of the past. Here are some of the latest discoveries: In the heart of Rome, a dazzling blue material dating back 2,000 years ...

Metal detectorists and archaeologists unearthed over 400 of ancient British, Roman and African coins linked to a military ...

Highway workers found an ancient Roman cemetery, including a grave filled ... and that some fragments "bore the imprints of the cloth the body had been buried in." For more Lifestyle articles ...

The surprising artifact could be evidence of fertility rituals—or just one of history’s strangest good luck charms.

At an ancient Roman quarry in Surrey ... or the bone could have been held in a cloth already stained with red ochre. “There are no other published examples of ochre-stained bones from Roman ...