15+ hour, 18+ min ago  (369+ words) A nearly complete skeleton of a young tapir found in northeastern Spain is giving researchers a rare look at the early life of a species that lived almost four million years ago. The fossil, uncovered at the Camp dels Ninots…...

12+ hour, 49+ min ago  (555+ words) A middle-aged woman buried in an early medieval cemetery in northeastern Italy is changing what researchers know about violence in Langobard society. Her skull carries two severe injuries, a blade wound and a crushing blow. Both healed before her death....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (501+ words) Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Ihnasya in Egypt's Beni Suef Governorate have uncovered a collection of finds that span several major periods of the region's history, offering new evidence of the city's religious, political, and economic importance over…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (265+ words) The burial objects came from beneath a mudbrick tomb containing human skeletal remains. As excavation moved deeper below the grave, archaeologists uncovered a carefully placed cache of adornments, ritual items, and personal objects connected with burial customs practiced in the…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (584+ words) Archaeologists studying the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes in Barcelona have uncovered new details about the people buried there during the 14th century. The project, launched as part of the monastery's 700th anniversary, examined eight tombs linked to the institution's…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (493+ words) Children living in southeastern Iberia nearly 5, 000 years ago faced frequent respiratory illnesses, according to a new study of skeletal remains from Camino del Molino, one of Europe's largest Copper Age burial sites. Researchers examined the young individuals for signs of…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (244+ words) A previously unknown mass grave containing the remains of 14 German soldiers has been uncovered near the village of Bolemin in western Poland during earthmoving work at a quarry operated by Efekt-Silikaty. The burial came to light on May 26 when employee…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (380+ words) A team of volunteers has returned to the slopes above the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset to refresh one of Britain's most unusual ancient landmarks. Armed with bags of chalk, shovels, and hand tools, they are restoring the Cerne…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (416+ words) Workers installing new street lighting in eastern Poland uncovered an unexpected piece of local history when they found a buried church bell beneath a roadside verge in the village of Hostynne. The bell lay about 230 meters from Hostynne's historic church,…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (453+ words) Middle Stone Age people living at Border Cave in southern Africa built and maintained plant-based bedding for more than 150, 000 years, according to a new microscopic study of the site's sediments. The research offers one of the clearest views yet of…...