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The remains of the former slave turned high-ranking priest are so well preserved they retained white hair and even a piece of an ear.
It's the first evidence of an execution by wild animals in Roman Britain.
Researchers found gnaw marks on most of the bones pointing to striped hyenas.
Humans and weed go back 120 centuries.
Archaeologists believe solar ships were used by the pharaoh for pilgrimages or funeral rituals.
More and more evidence suggests that Neanderthals were just as feeling and thinking creatures as humans.
Being an Anglo Saxon was more a cultural thing than a genetic thing.
Remains with combination of Neanderthal and early human features date back 100,000 years.
There are around 2,000 deserted villages in England, but Gainsthorpe is perhaps the most mysterious of them.
Scientists recreate torches and other Stone Age cave lighting
Restoration work revealed the stunning level of detail in this Viking-era cross.
It's one of the most bizarre (and beautiful) kind of church you can see -- and it hides quite the history.
These look like renderings from a video game. Only they're real!
Someone made a great effort to ensure these weapons would never be usable again.
Although this ancient Hebrew text is written in the same handwriting, a computer algorithm was able to spot two distinct scribes.
The island of Skokholm off the coast of Wales is well known for hosting thousands of puffins ever year. This time, it's something else.
Snow and ice helped researchers find many Viking structures -- but the mystery still deepens.
It's a finding well worth its salt.
The entire front panel was recreated with a 3D computer model, and that's when researchers noticed something.
The consensus is that all Bronze Age societies in Europe were patriarchal -- maybe not this one.
It's a dark episode in human history.
The study helps combat romantic ideas about this ancient population.
This ancient village fought against the sea.
Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Sardis found a 1,500 year-old-house in fantastic shape. Not only is the house excellently preserved, but its tiles were decorated with puppy prints and chicken decorations. It’s not as well-known as the likes of Athens or Rome, but in its heyday, the ancient city of Sardis would have rivalled […]
I mean, what else could it be?
A former Soviet bioware lab is investigating ancient permafrost viruses.
The emblematic Norwegian stave churches are being measured using new technology.
The facility was capable of brewing thousands of gallons of beer.
Neanderthals were every bit as smart and creative as humans.
OUCH. That describes life in medieval Cambridge.
As if Stonehenge wasn't impressive enough, it appears to have been carried for almost 200 miles.
It's one of the oldest wind instruments.
They ruled a big part of today's Turkey and defeated the legendary king Midas.
Finding noble clothes at a smelting site isn’t very common.
Before humans minted coins, they used all sorts of odd objects as standardized money.
This mythical-looking dagger may have played a symbolic role in prehistoric Iberian society.
A banana can teach you much about history.
How do you say 'one with everything' in Latin?
This is the first time the full genome of an ancient human has been extracted from a source other than human bones.
It's a story of obesity, hunger, and glaciers.
The 1,900-year-old mummy may have been royalty.
The temple was built to honor deities like Thor and Odin.
The Gravettian art culture famous for stone age Venus statues was more widespread than previously thought.
It was the best of poop, it was the worst of poop.
Heating the stone tools improved blade production, a technique that wasn't seen again for thousands of years.
They call it a "perfect", "totally unprecedented" specimen.
Now that sounds like a celebration one can get behind.
Archaeologists were surprised to see how advanced the steel-making technology was.
A steamy discovery.
Researchers believe a controversial conquistador visited the Wichita site.
