A discovery in Spain shows that ancient people in the Iberian Peninsula were making objects out of iron from meteorites. Two unusual pieces found in the Treasure of Villena were made from this ...

Recent excavations at a 6th-century BC temple in western Greece have unearthed compelling evidence suggesting that some ancient sanctuaries were more than just places of worship. A team of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed numerous Viking burials sites and extensive treasure which date back to the Iron Age, Ancient Origins reported. Researchers made the remarkable discoveries while ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that included the ...

Archaeology is fascinating stuff. Far from just digging around in the dust and dirt, archaeologists uncover clues about civilization’s past and make groundbreaking discoveries that can sometimes turn ...

Deep inside a remote Mexican cave, a pair of explorers thought they had stumbled on modern litter, the kind of plastic and debris that too often mars even the most isolated landscapes. Instead, they ...