Archaeologists investigating the Kalahari Desert have discovered nearly 100 stone hand axes and evidence of their manufacture, providing new clues about how early hominins occupied the changing landscapes of southern Africa.
Archaeologists excavating an ancient settlement in north-eastern France have discovered an exceptional 5th-century funerary complex containing richly furnished burials, weapons, jewellery and two horses.
Archaeologists have discovered a significant Roman settlement and jewellery workshop dating back nearly 2,000 years beneath a new-build housing estate in north-east Wales.
Archaeologists have discovered five remarkably preserved wooden wells in Hampshire, England, including examples dating back around 2,700 years to the Early Iron Age.
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of medieval iron production in Kazakhstan that has been dated to the period of the Golden Horde.
Eight loaves of bread dating back around 5,000 years have been discovered at Seyitömer Mound in Türkiye, where a destructive fire appears to have preserved an extraordinary snapshot of Early Bronze Age food and daily life.
Archaeologists excavating around the Pictish monument known as Aberlemno III in Scotland have discovered a fragment of an older symbol stone and a mysterious carved human head that may date to the Early Medieval period.
Archaeological excavations at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site in Germany have uncovered the well-preserved remains of an SS dog-handler compound, along with layers of ash containing bone fragments believed to be human remains from the camp's crematorium.
A massive 2,600-year-old mudbrick complex has been discovered beneath the ancient Egyptian city of Buto, where archaeologists have also identified an engineered sand foundation that may have protected the structure from the unstable conditions of the Nile Delta.
The 2,000-year-old grave of a Celtic woman buried with elaborate jewellery and the remains of a lamb or young goat has been discovered in southern Germany, providing archaeologists with new evidence about burial rituals, social relationships and religious beliefs in the region during the Iron Age.
Human remains linked to Neolithic pastoralists and the fossilised skull of an extinct giraffe that may belong to a previously unknown species are among a series of discoveries made by archaeologists during a major expedition to Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park.