The newly discovered Iron Age instrument may have been played in the Celtic resistance against the Roman Empire ...

Archaeologists have discovered one of Britain’s rarest ancient instruments: an Iron Age carnyx, a bronze battle trumpet once ...

The ancient artefact was part of a hoard of Iron Age objects found last summer during excavations in west Norfolk. Mark Hinman, chief executive of the archaeological services firm Pre-Construct ...

Eighty-seven celadon bowls dating back 900 years have been found in a shipwreck, preserved almost as new under the mud of the ...

The 20-centimeter glass phallus, dating from the 16th or 17th century, was discovered in a two-meter-deep latrine shaft connected to the living quarters of a noblewomen's religious house in Herford.

Scientists have successfully recovered what may be Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a centuries-old red chalk drawing, marking a breakthrough that could unlock secrets about one of history's greatest ...

One small artifact opened up a world of discovery of a Neolithic civilization with a remarkably advanced social structure.

Researchers said it predates Viking towns that have so far been considered Ireland’s earliest urban settlements by two ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

Altogether, they reconstructed 11 ancient herpesvirus genomes. The oldest came from a young girl found in southern Italy who ...