Beneath the epic tales of heroes and gods, Troy's true story is written in something far less glamorous—its rubbish.

The nearly 5,000-year-old remains of a "sacrificial ass" and three other donkeys from a faraway land have been discovered ...

Did the Minoans disappear after the Bronze Age? Or did they continue to exist as a distinct people among the inhabitants of Crete?

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Discover how archaeologists used geometric analysis of ancient grape seeds to track Italy’s 7,000-year journey from wild ...

Three Bronze Age cremations have been discovered underneath a popular playing field, as volunteer archaeologists resume ...

Archaeologists in Scotland have discovered the largest Neolithic wood hall ever found in the country alongside a hoard of ...

In what the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) is calling an “unprecedented” discovery ...

Between c. 1400 and 1200 BC, impressive palaces were the focal points of power for the Mycenaeans in Bronze Age Greece.

A new study has mapped the evolution of this iconic creature across 12,000 years of rock art, revealing a stunning ...

Festival season is upon us as we come together to celebrate the good times - just as our ancestors did in now Scotland some 6 ...

Pharaoh didn’t have the best launch – and frankly, the game itself is more to blame for that. It came out at an extremely ...