An illustration showing how the early medieval woman may have been laid to rest with her valuable necklace and decorated pots. (Image credit: Copyrig…
Modern humans are known to have interbred with Neanderthals , Denisovans and possibly other archaic hominins. While genetically similar populations…
Researchers have finally cracked a complex code used in a top secret letter from 1547 that the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, Charles V, wro…
Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, ruled over the vast Carolingian empire that spanned Europe during the Dark Ages. He became king of the Franks in…
Archaeologists have unearthed the pyramid of a never-before known ancient Egyptian queen; a cache of coffins, mummies and artifacts; and a series …
It's been over 100 years since Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were married, yet their relationship remains one of the most well known in Brit…
Underneath a temple in the ancient ruined city of Taposiris Magna on the Egyptian coast, archaeologists have uncovered a vast, spectacular tunnel …
It's long been believed that ancient Egyptians used mummification as a way to preserve a body after death. However, an upcoming museum exhibiti…
The seven wonders of the ancient world were a selection of exceptional pieces of architecture and art in the Middle East, North Africa and southern E…
part of the odeon's stage, 14 rows of seats and two vaulted side chambers. (Image credit: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports) Tucked into a…
Considering Finland's highly acidic soil, archaeologists were surprised to find animal fur and feathers buried alongside a child from the Stone…
In the summer of 1561, Spanish explorers abducted a Powhatan Indian youth from the Chesapeake Bay tidewater region and brought him to the royal cou…
At one time the medieval Crusader Queen of France, Eleanor of Aquitaine escaped kidnapping plots and assassination attempts to become the Queen of …
Fossil human skulls from China. Home erectus (Peking Man) is to the left, with examples of the recently defined Homo longi lineage to the right. The …