Insch/The ConversationThere was great excitement at the news this month that the Bayeux tapestry – the 11th-century embroidered epic depicting the conquest of England by William the C ...

Konstantine Panegyres/The ConversationThese days when you see people exercising, they’re usually also listening to music, whether they’re at the gym, or out jogging on the street.It makes sense, as st ...

Williams/University of CambridgeAfter baffling scholars for over a century, Cambridge researchers have reinterpreted the long-lost Song of Wade, revealing it to be a chivalric romance ...

Bulgarian archaeologists have made what could be one of the most spectacular discoveries in the country's recent archaeological history - the long-sought palace and tomb of a powerful Thracian king be ...

A remarkable discovery in Spain's Catalan Pyrenees has provided unprecedented forensic evidence of prehistoric violence.

Could you ever be truly alone in the woods of ancient Greece or Rome? According to myth, the ancient world was filled with wild animals, terrifying monsters, and mischievous deities. Among them were ...

Turkish archaeologists have uncovered compelling evidence of ancient warfare at the legendary city of Troy, discovering thousands of 3,500-year-old sling stones and weapons that may finally prove Home ...

By John Brhel/ Binghamton UniversityNew research transforms our understanding of the Dark Ages…It turns out the Dark Ages weren’t all that dark!

On 11 July 1613, a sixteen-year-old youth was crowned Grand Prince, Tsar and Sovereign Autocrat of All Russia in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin.

"We now know that for the vast majority of human history, we've had a history of contact between modern humans and Neanderthals," said Akey. The hominins who are our most direct ancestors split from ...

Archaeological excavations near Krauschwitz, Germany have revealed extraordinary 4,500-year-old decorated bags buried with women and infants, offering unprecedented insights into elite Neolithic mothe ...