ARCHAEOLOGY

The Emperor has gone down in history as a tyrant but archaeologists are looking for his luxurious ship.

Léa Surugue Apr 04, 2017

Violence was less widespread in Mesopotamia than in the rest of the Near East 5,200 years ago.

Léa Surugue Apr 04, 2017

Beads and a pendant were made from the bones of the bear cuscus and teeth of the pig-deer.

Martha Henriques Apr 03, 2017

This is the second vessel belonging to the Pharaoh discovered at the site.

Léa Surugue Apr 03, 2017

Twenty paintings acquired by the Nazis during the war were identified in Klessheim Palace.

Léa Surugue Apr 03, 2017

A new quantitative analysis has revealed that temperatures, not droughts, increased warfare among the Maya.

Léa Surugue Mar 31, 2017

The thesis is described as being as wacky as claims that aliens built the pyramids.

Martha Henriques Mar 30, 2017

Comparisons of fossil skulls with modern birds and crocodilians showed that the tyrannosaur probably had a very sensitive face.

Martha Henriques Mar 30, 2017

The toy is 1,000 years old and suggests its owners were not so poor.

Léa Surugue Mar 30, 2017

The finding suggests that Neanderthals had aesthetic awareness involving a sense of consistency and regularity.

Martha Henriques Mar 29, 2017

Until now, the city of Ucetia was only known by name and by a few isolated mosaic fragments.

Léa Surugue Mar 29, 2017

The bubonic plague reached Genoa in the summer of 1347.

Léa Surugue Mar 29, 2017

The discovery was made by the Spanish Archaeological Mission at Qubbet el-Hawa.

Léa Surugue Mar 28, 2017

The palace is the oldest ever excavated in Mexico's Valley of Oaxaca.

Léa Surugue Mar 27, 2017

The tracks had been known for decades but no one had ever investigated them in depth.

Léa Surugue Mar 27, 2017

Drone mapping of dinosaurs' tracks is expected to revolutionise the way researchers investigate dinosaurs.

India Ashok Mar 25, 2017

The Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project had made yet another exciting discovery.

Léa Surugue Mar 24, 2017

The rock carvings are about 2,000 years older than the ancient cemetery where they were found.

Martha Henriques Mar 23, 2017

Humans may have eaten each other in southern Spain, during the Mesolithic era.

Léa Surugue Mar 23, 2017

Another look at the evolutionary history of dinosaurs resolves a long-standing puzzle about birds' earliest ancestors.

Martha Henriques Mar 23, 2017

Roman settlers nay have borrowed subsistence strategies from nomadic groups.

Léa Surugue Mar 22, 2017

The foundations underneath the tomb are crumbling and sit on top of centuries of rubble.

Martha Henriques Mar 22, 2017

The exceptionally preserved creature was named in honour of David Attenborough.

Martha Henriques Mar 22, 2017

The renovation work at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was completed recently.

Lara Rebello Mar 21, 2017

The battle of Salamis is the first large naval battle recorded in history.

Léa Surugue Mar 21, 2017

Excavation of an early 17th Century grave has revealed a body buried with its hands in prayer.

Martha Henriques Mar 21, 2017

Males of an ancient species of damselfly had very fancy legs, which they used to impress females.

Martha Henriques Mar 20, 2017

Archaeologists used a radar device attached to the back of a quad bike to examine the excavation site.

Fiona Keating Mar 18, 2017

King of Nim li Punit would wear a large jade pectoral decoration while performing sacred ceremonies.

Martha Henriques Mar 17, 2017