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World's earliest figurative tattoos discovered on 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian mummies

By Lara Rebello

Designs of a wild bull and a Barbary sheep along with 'S' shaped figures were detected on the bodies of two mummies at the British Museum.

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7,000-year-old Native American burial site found deep underwater in an 'unprecedented' discovery

Archaeologists discovered the submerged prehistoric site, dating back to the Early Archaic period, near the Venice...

By India Ashok

Ancient puppy reveals 14,000-year-old bond between humans and canines

Study of an ancient burial reveals how a prehistoric puppy was cared for by human beings almost 14,000 years ago.

By Sadhana Bharanidharan

Massive 1,400-year-old banquet hall uncovered in Japan's ancient capital city

The banquet hall was likely used for various rituals and sumo tournaments during the seventh century.

By Shubham Sharma

Ancient necropolis uncovered in Egypt containing over 1,000 statues

Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says the discovery is "just the beginning" and that it could take up to five years to...

By Dan Cancian

Massive haul of 200 million-year-old fossils found on land that Trump admin removed from protections

Palaeontologists found a treasure trove of well-preserved Triassic period fossils on land that the Trump administration...

By India Ashok

Acid rain threatens to destroy ancient Mayan archaeological sites, eroding 4,000-year-old inscriptions

Many of the structures are made of limestone and would slowly dissolve from the chemicals in the polluted precipitation.

By Lara Rebello

Is ancient cave art drawn by our ancestors the earliest evidence of first human language?

Humans may have used places where sound echoed the most as "hot-spots" to visually represent language.

By Shubham Sharma

Archaeologists may have found doomsday prophet Isaiah's 2,700-year-old seal

Definitive identification is currently impossible due to damage to the seal, but Hebrew University of Jerusalem...

By Charlotte Tobitt

Ancient tomb of powerful Japanese chieftain discovered with hoard of weapons

The skeletal remains are those of a 170cm tall adult male, possibly a "powerful leader" who was directly connected with...

By Charlotte Tobitt

How did Egyptians build perfectly aligned Giza pyramids 4,500 years ago

An archaeologist noted a small error in Egyptian pyramids and conducted a series of tests to posit how ancient...

By Shubham Sharma

Ancient Mayan relics, Ice Age human remains found hidden in world's biggest underwater cave

Researchers are exploring the depths of the merged Sac Actun and Dos Ojos underwater caves and believe the site could...

By Shubham Sharma

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If Trump were a CEO, his board would have fired him by now

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Archaeology

World's earliest figurative tattoos discovered on 5,000-year-old ancient Egyptian mummies

7,000-year-old Native American burial site found deep underwater in an 'unprecedented' discovery

Ancient puppy reveals 14,000-year-old bond between humans and canines

Massive 1,400-year-old banquet hall uncovered in Japan's ancient capital city

Ancient necropolis uncovered in Egypt containing over 1,000 statues

Massive haul of 200 million-year-old fossils found on land that Trump admin removed from protections

Acid rain threatens to destroy ancient Mayan archaeological sites, eroding 4,000-year-old inscriptions

Is ancient cave art drawn by our ancestors the earliest evidence of first human language?

Archaeologists may have found doomsday prophet Isaiah's 2,700-year-old seal

Ancient tomb of powerful Japanese chieftain discovered with hoard of weapons

How did Egyptians build perfectly aligned Giza pyramids 4,500 years ago

Ancient Mayan relics, Ice Age human remains found hidden in world's biggest underwater cave

Who are the Taíno people? Ancient tooth traces 'extinct' indigenous community to the Caribbean

Toxic breath of mythological hellhound at ancient city of Hierapolis identified as volcanic fumes

'Astonishing' Roman boxing gloves found near Hadrian's Wall in knockout discovery

Ancient Chilean rock paintings of whale hunting link the ocean to the desert

Chinese emperor artefact purchased for £47 turns out to be a rare 25,000 year-old Ice Age fossil

2000-year-old parrot head discovered in Mexican burial cave could be world's oldest macau mummy

Ancient mammoths and mastodons survived the changing environment because of inter species breeding

1,000-year-old 'lost' pyramid city in the heart of Mexico was as densely built as Manhattan

If Trump were a CEO, his board would have fired him by now

If Trump were a CEO, his board would have fired him by now

No more 'leaning in' – the myth of the superhero businesswoman holds us all back

No more 'leaning in' – the myth of the superhero businesswoman holds us all back

Theresa May in Africa: Cynical post-Brexit development agenda smacks of desperation

Theresa May in Africa: Cynical post-Brexit development agenda smacks of desperation