List of All Articles with Tag 'archaeology'

The Vindolanda tablets tell us a lot about life in early Roman Britain.

They're the most famous chess pieces in history—but much of their story is still unknown

Experts have reconstructed the face of the 'Ice Maiden', an Inca girl sacrificed in the Andes

The carvings of human faces on the shore of the Amazon are thought to be at least 1,000 years old.

The 6,000 year old woven sandals are among dozens of prehistoric objects being analysed by scientists.

Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.

The stones were reported by an archaeology enthusiast in an interior design shop.

The excellently-preserved weapons are believed to have been hidden by Judean rebels 1,900 years ago.

The tomb in northern Peru contained the remains of a man dubbed the Priest of Pacopampa, officials say.

Richard Beale has pleaded guilty over the sales of the $4m Eid Mar and parts of the "Gaza Hoard".

The ancient Egyptian monument, thought to depict the likeness of the pharaoh Khafre, confounds scholars to this day.

Historians were struck by the tantalizing possibility that this library might contain missing works of some of history’s greatest writers—works thought to have been lost forever.