Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable Mycenaean boar tusk helmet near Pylos, shedding new light on elite warrior culture ...

Archaeologists discovered a rare Celtic battle trumpet possibly tied to Queen Boudica's tribe in Norfolk, England — one of ...

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Once upon a time, there was a Viking king. He prayed to Thor, Odin and Freya and ruled over a land that did not yet have an ...

An ancient Egyptian letter, written roughly 3,300 years ago, has suddenly become the latest flashpoint in a very old argument ...

The galloping bronze horse unearthed in Wuwei captures the exuberant spirit of its age — speed, expansion, and the confidence of a frontier dynasty — at the very moment when the idea of China as a ...

A 3,300-year-old Egyptian document housed in the British Museum is drawing renewed attention from archaeologists and biblical historians. A growing number of scholars are examining the text for what ...

Among the consequences of the rise and fall of empires in the last couple of centuries has been the formation, in the territories they formerly governed, of the political entities we call nations; ...

About 4600 years ago, the population of Britain was replaced by a people who brought Bell Beaker pottery with them. Now, ...

The location of the discovery implies that the amulet traveled over a whopping 1,000 miles, likely via trade.

New evidence from Neolithic mass graves in northeastern France suggests that some of Europe’s earliest violent encounters were not random acts of brutality, but carefully staged displays of power. By ...