archaeology

The dwelling was uncovered during water pipeline upgrade works.

The team used cutting-edge technology to identify the prehistoric artwork.

The fossils of the new dinosaur, called Shingopana songwensis, date back to the Cretaceous Period.

It was found in Iraq in the 1930s.

The remains of two buildings, including a solarium, and the bones of a dog were identified by archaeologists.

Legend stoked by massive building stones that make up some of the buildings.

The burials are threatened to be destroyed by the sea.

32 severed male heads were found amongst the remains of an ancient Aztec temple.

The artefact dates back to 600-900 AD.

Analysis of DNA sequences is further refining our understanding of human history.

A VR version of the court will be recreated to conduct planned digs over two years.

Pointillist techniques were identified in ancient artworks found in rock shelters in France.

Experts at the University of Dundee said the find offered an insight into Pict culture

He is often portrayed as the son of Venus, the goddess of love.

Archaeologists believe the Ming-dynasty statue was part of a temple.

Polish archaeologists want to fill in the missing gap in the African country's ancient records.

A new analysis puts the estimated date of permanent occupation of Chusang, Tibet, back by thousands of years.

This year wasn't all bad – for archaeologists in Britain at least.

Researchers mapped the city above and below ground without using a single shovel.

Three violent burials excavated in Poland linked with fear of vampires.

Terrifying sea monsters are depicted in 3,000-year-old art from Mesoamerican sites far away from the coast.

Skeletons were discovered inside tree-trunk and plank-lined coffins near a wooden structure believed to be a church.

Fatty molecules found in old Mediterranean milk pots show diary farming as widespread – with Greece as the exception.

The axe has notches inscribed in it and was thrown in the rubbish when it cracked.

Archaeologists unearthed money pots used to collect ticket fees and beads and pins from costumes.

Archaeologists find evidence of city wall and a temple dedicated to Mesopotamian weather god Adad.

Rising levels of humidity are encouraging bacterial growth on the mummies.

Ancient remains at wetland sites are being destroyed by human activity.

Bloody violence goes back centuries as grisly discoveries show.

The tomb is being restored, giving researchers unprecedented access.