archaeology

Restoration expert Eudald Guillamet found the animal artwork while cleaning the cave to remove graffiti.

The University of Leicester Archaeological Services announced a team has found a "nationally important discovery" of Iron Age artefacts, including 11 cauldrons.

Australian authorities have said they will look into the case of Joan Howard who is thought to be in possession of A$1m worth of artefacts from the Middle East.

The fortress, which once belonged to the Iron Age Urartian civilisation, was built at a time when water levels were much lower than they are today.

A team from the University of Lyon 2 spent around six weeks on a search operation at Cluny Abbey in France. They unearthed a treasure trove of medieval coins and gold.

Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities said that although the coffin was in a bad condition, the mummy itself was well-preserved and featured decorations of sky god Khebr and Isis.

Previously, it was thought that the first wine production began around 5,400-5,000 BCE in an area of the Zagros Mountains in Iran.

The engraved stone seal is so intricate that some details can only be seen with a powerful camera lens.

The scientists used particles called muons, which are commonly produced by cosmic rays, to create a picture of the pyramid's internal structure.

The Great Pyramid is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that is still intact and is the largest structure of its kind ever built.

The Argentine settlement, built in the tenth century, was based on decentralised networks and power sharing, according to archaeologists.

Event took place more than 3,000 years ago and might help to explain a cryptic passage in the Bible.

New research has re-examined the skull, which was first discovered 12 km inland from Papua New Guinea's north coast in 1929.

A remarkably well-preserved fossilised skeleton of the tyrannosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period was found in southern Utah.

If mysterious set of ape teeth discovered in Germany are confirmed as belonging to an early human ancestor, they would be the oldest hominin fossils ever discovered.

Around 12,000 years ago the first farming communities emerged, fundamentally altering the history of our species.

At present, archaeologists are unclear on the purpose and exact age of these formations - which resemble gates when looked at from above.

Archaeologists found skeletons from the 13th to 6th centuries BC that bear the marks of severe trauma - but it appears these injuries weren't intended to kill.

Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old toy chariot and rattle while digging at the site of Sogmatar city in Turkey

Easter Island has been used as an example of humankind's selfishness; a moral tale of the dangers of environmental destruction. But new research is painting a different picture.

Much of this ancient knowledge was lost due to the impact of European colonisers, who introduced Old World rice species to the Americas.

For 3,000 years, cuneiform was the primary language of communication throughout the ancient Middle East and parts of the Mediterranean before completely disappearing from use.

Despite living in small groups, humans were likely connected to a wider network from which mates were chosen.

Archaeologists believe the Lötschberg pass has been used as a passageway since at least 2,000 years BC.

In the early Viking Age, modern notions of nationalism and ethnicity would have been unrecognisable.

The settlement is thought to have changed hands numerous times in its history.

New research adds weight to the belief that modern humans evolved much earlier than commonly thought.

Archaeologists estimate that the Viking boat was around four metres long and may have contained a possible human skeleton.

Archaeologists found the remains of nine men, all between the ages of 25 and 30, who were sacrificed as part of a Sican ritual.

For decades academics have debated how the Egyptians were able to carry 170,000 tonnes of limestone.