archaeology

Excavation work to unearth around 3,000 skeletons from the 16th and 17th centuries at London's Liverpool Street Station.

Archaeologists find remains of 13th century military outpost belonging to Genghis Khan.

Villa of Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus identified on Tuscan island of Elba.

Temple gives insight into life of saint Atish Dipankar

Grape seeds from 1,500 years ago to help reveal why wine of the Negev was so renowned.

After a nine-month search, archaeologists believe they might have found Miguel de Cervantes' grave.

Archaeologists have discovered Roman numerals engraved on the arches in the Colosseum.

Anthropologists have found a rare example of drilling to treat an infection on the lower legs.

The Winchester Model 1873 rifle was left in the Nevada desert, but no one knows who left it or why.

More details emerge of the massive and ancient subterranean city discovered in Nevşehir.

Archaeologists discover giant underground city in Nevşehir dating to 5,000 years old.

Archaeologists discover intestinal parasite eggs in samples from Basel-Gasfabrik site.

Archaeologists find traces of olive oil in ancient pottery vessels.

A gang of looters has been apprehended by Israeli authorities stealing ancient relics near the site of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Archaeologists in Teotihuacan discovered tunnel that leads to three burial hidden chambers

A 750-year-old city of Ukek founded by descendants of Genghis Khan unearthed along river Volga in Russia.

A disk from 1700BCE is revealing its secrets after being decoded by scientists.

Over a thousand artefacts recovered by authorities in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province.

A 'virtual autopsy' of King Tutankhamun shows his parents were brother and sister, that he had a club foot, feminine hips and a large overbite.

A 13th-century skeleton with an iron stake driven through its chest has been found in southern Bulgaria.

Archaeologists discovered palace dating from the Bronze Age found in Spain.

Archaeologists believe they have found the human remains of a 13-year-old girl positioned face down in her grave, suggesting a link with witchcraft.

Archaeologists discover dungeons at Tokat Castle, Turkey, where Prince Vlad III the Impaler was held.

Kostanay University and Vilnius University researchers discover 50 ancient geoglyphs in Kazakhstan

A 500-foot, ring-shaped Viking fortress discovered in Denmark may have been used to launch an invasion of England, say historians.

Archaeologists confirm that Stonehenge, one of the world's wonders, was once a complete circle.

Archaeologists have found two ancient cities of the Mayan civilisation, dating back to 600AD.

Archaeologists believe the tomb belonged to an important figure in 300BC, after Alexander the Great's reign.

Sharpened metallic claws found in tomb of nobleman from pre-Inca civilisation known as the Moche.

Skeletons have been found buried near the site of a Roman villa for the first time in Britain.