"A plague is upon us'' may have been a common phrase in ancient Jordan, where countless people perished from a mysterious ...

Microscopic feathers provide clearest evidence yet of ceremonial clothing used in shamanic burial rituals in prehistoric ...

Archaeologists in England have uncovered a large ancient burial site during construction on a nuclear reactor, per an episode ...

Researchers say the findings will illuminate the history of “the least widely known and understood [burial rituals] in the region.” Archaeologists working in Morocco have unearthed three separate ...

The discoveries illuminate the history of a little-known culture. Archaeologists have discovered an untouched 2,500-year-old warrior burial mound. The skeleton held a rare bronze sword with unique ...

In a recent archaeological breakthrough, tombs dating back 3,000 years were uncovered in Egypt, revealing contents that were not intended for pharaohs. This discovery offers a unique insight into the ...

The cemetery found in Suffolk consists of at least 11 Anglo-Saxon burial mounds (barrows) dating to the 6th–7th centuries AD. While acidic sandy soils have dissolved the bones, the excavators have ...

Archaeologists find 20 people buried beneath a single floor in Çatalhöyük, revealing key rituals and social changes.

The woman—with skin, hair and nails still intact—belonged to the little-known Caral civilization, which flourished in Peru 5,000 years ago Reading time 2 minutes Roughly around the same time that ...

The beachside town of Kailua could be designated a burial ground, affording more protection to a roughly estimated 3, 000 unmarked ancient Hawaiian graves located in the community built largely on ...

A gang of four antiquities robbers was caught red-handed on Sunday afternoon while digging inside an ancient Roman-period burial cave near Hittin, on the edge of the Arbel Valley, the Israel ...

A low-income rental apartment project under construction at 330 Kuulei Road in Kailua is located near known Native Hawaiian burials, but no iwi kupuna have been discovered at the site. Select an ...