After a century of searching, a chance discovery led archaeologists to one of the most important sanctuaries in the ancient Greek world Archaeologists first explored Eretria in the late nineteenth ...

The vast site of Portus holds the key to understanding how Rome evolved from a mighty city to an empire Portus, now some two miles from the Mediterranean shoreline, was built by the Romans in the ...

VAN, TURKEY—Newsweek reports that three well-preserved bronze shields and a helmet were discovered at Ayanis, a 2,700-year-old Urartian citadel on a hill overlooking Lake Van in eastern Turkey ...

Archaeologist Katherine Rinne stands beside a large ancient Roman springhouse that may belong to the lost "Carestia" spring, one of the possible sources of the Aqua Traiana. Few monuments that ...

GERSTETTEN, GERMANY—According to a report in The Independent, a 1,700-year-old grave was discovered in southern Germany during a construction project. The grave contained the remains of a 60 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA—Live Science reports that prehistoric burials have been discovered in Malaysia’s Nenggiri Valley. Zuliskandar Ramli of the National University of Malaysia said that the ...

Copper alloy balsamarium (two views)(Daniela Agre) Brick grave, Bulgaria(Daniela Agre) ...

An archaeologist investigates how construction of New York City’s largest reservoir a century ago uprooted thousands of rural residents ...

The image of a medieval knight moving slowly and stiffly under the tremendous weight of his costly armor as he readies for battle or a joust is firmly fixed in people’s imagination. But ...

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser made the Hawaiian cowboy rodeo victory front-page news on August 23, 1908. The photo shows champion Ikua Purdy, Archie Ka‘au‘a, and another cowboy named Spencer.