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This 11,000-year-old pendant from Star Carr is the earliest example of Mesolithic art in Britain BBC : The year 2016 in archaeology ...

Neanderthal remains were found, along with a plinth of sediment, in Shanidar Cave in Iraq. GRAEME BARKER Discovery: ISIS Gone, Archaeo...

A 16th century storehouse holding distinctive spiked helmets (pictured) and weapons intended for elite soldiers has been discovered near Zve...

(Photo: Shigir Idol, Tolmachev V.Y, Wikimedia Commons Public Domain) USA Today : World's oldest wooden statue twice as old as pyram...

A place in history: A poster unveiling the Spitfire from around 1939. Daily Mail   Archaeologists Believe No Spitfires Buried In Burma...

The Underwater Archaeologists Searching For Captain Morgan -- Popular Science Off the coast of Panama, a team of archaeologists uncovers a s...

The sunken Titanic in a grab from a video shot by Dr Robert Ballard in 2004 Photo: National Geographic Titanic Explorer 'To Dispatch Dee...

Google Earth Finds Saudi Arabia's Forbidden Archaeological Secrets -- The Telegraph An armchair archaeologist has identified nearly 2,00...

Unearthed: The remains of a child, thought to be aged between 8 and 10, have been found in a shallow pit in the corner of a barrack room flo...

The "Venus of Brassempouy," a tiny ivory figurine, is among artifacts that scientists could analyze with a new method for determin...

John Hoopes, University of Kansas associate professor of anthropology and director of the Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, recentl...

An archaelogical site 300 kms north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The pyramids form one of the most spectacular sights in Sudan with abo...

Contested ground Workers at a site in East Jerusalem have uncovered bones and other evidence of early habitation. Yoray Liberman — Getty for...

The Greek god Zeus was honored by the ancients at an open-air sanctuary atop Mount Lykaion, new research shows. iStockPhoto From Discovery N...

Howard Carter examining King Tut's sarcophagus. The British archaeologist claimed ancient grave robbers had broken into the boy king...

Face from a Coffin. Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 1075-656 B.C. Coffin sculptures such as this were first covered with gesso as a primer...

From New Scientist: The idea that great cities, rich in forgotten knowledge and treasure, lie hidden beneath the sea holds immense appeal. S...

Archaeologists Molly Fierer-Donaldson and Nereyda Alonso perch on a wooden platform as they lift artifacts from the tomb of the early Maya k...

Photo: Less pain, less staking (Image: Felix Ordonez/Reuters) From New Scientist: EVERY object unearthed by an archaeological dig must have...

Archaeologists have discovered more than 50,000 stone inscriptions from ancient Athens and Attica so far. However, attributing the pieces to...