The Passy-style tombs are a dramatic departure from earlier Neolithic burials not just in terms of their scale, but in what ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a 9,500-year-old ancient settlement at Sırçalıtepe, revealing structures, artifacts, ...

An ancient and mysterious mass Bronze Age burial in the hills of south-west Scotland has been uncovered by Scottish ...

Scattered across the province of Drenthe, Dutch dolmens are the stone skeletons of prehistoric burial mounds built by Funnel ...

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In Brueil-en-Vexin, Yvelines, a centuries-old stone monument continues to intrigue hikers and curious visitors alike. Dubbed ...

A Bronze Age barrow built 3,300 years ago was uncovered on an area of open rough upland, to the south of Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway. Now post-excavation analyses has revealed that five ...

The tropical rainforest of the Congo basin is the world’s second-largest. (The Amazon is slightly bigger, but far better ...

We've ranked the most interesting archaeological finds of all time, ranging from the intricate ruins of Machu Picchu to the ...

Jersey may be tiny compared to, say, the Isle of Wight or Anglesey, but the closer you look, the larger and more intriguing it seems.

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

Based on genetic material preserved in birch bark tar from Estonia, researchers found that the teen likely had brown hair and brown eyes ...