Not every notable discovery consists of a single extraordinary artifact, a previously unknown structure, or a newly revised date for an ancient technology. Some of the most significant discoveries ...

Excavations at the village of Fleury-sur-Orne in France’s Normandy region revealed a necropolis of 32 burial mounds dating to the Middle Neolithic period (ca. 4700 –4300 b.c.). The traces of ditches ...

Archaeologists excavating in the west Nile Delta have discovered a necropolis and industrial complex dating from the Roman Period. Thought to date from around the 5 th century B.C.E, the two complexes ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and cemeteries in, under, and around the city. Remains of a sprawling ...

In a fenced-off industrial corridor near the Black Sea, a patch of overgrown land in Varna, Bulgaria, holds the remnants of a ...

One of the most decisive periods of change in history was the Neolithic Revolution, during which humanity transitioned from a nomadic lifestyle to settled agriculture and animal husbandry. The latest ...