Archaeologists excavating the medieval Gnezdilovo burial ground near Suzdal have discovered the first known 10th-century chamber grave in the Suzdal Opolye, complete with the remains of a man, a horse, and a dog, along with weapons and riding equipment.
More than 620 markings carved into the stones of a monumental gateway in ancient Libya have revealed how builders organised labour, transported materials and potentially even recorded payments more than 2,000 years ago.
Dozens of men discovered shackled in mass graves near ancient Athens were overwhelmingly local to the region rather than foreign invaders, according to new scientific research that sheds fresh light on a violent episode in the political history of Archaic Greece.
The wreck of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Tiger has been discovered in the English Channel, 118 years after the warship sank in a catastrophic collision that claimed the lives of more than half her crew.
Archaeologists searching for Viking-era millstones instead uncovered seven rare medieval stone crosses in a discovery described as one of the most exciting finds of a career.
A rare 1776 printing of the US Declaration of Independence — one of just 11 known to survive and the only copy outside the United States — has been discovered at The National Archives in Kew, England.
Archaeologists working across Kazakhstan have uncovered a series of discoveries spanning the Bronze Age to the Golden Horde period, providing new insights into prehistoric communities, long-distance trade and the development of the Eurasian steppe.
A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that the world once experienced a remarkable "golden age" of linguistic diversity, with researchers estimating that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago.
Archaeologists from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków have uncovered a forgotten First World War cemetery in the village of Szczawne, southeastern Poland, revealing the remains of around 50 soldiers who died during fighting in the Carpathian campaign of 1914–1915.
Archaeologists studying a pre-Hispanic mural at the ancient Maya city of Calakmul have identified what is believed to be the site's earliest evidence of calendrical writing, a discovery that places the Mexican archaeological centre alongside some of the most significant Late Preclassic Maya cities known for early writing traditions.
The prolonged spell of hot, dry weather across Wales has revealed a remarkable array of buried archaeological sites, with ancient monuments emerging in fields and grasslands as distinctive cropmarks and parchmarks.
Archaeologists excavating the ancient site of Gradište near Mlado Nagoričane in North Macedonia have uncovered what they believe was a ritual dining complex associated with a sacred precinct, revealing fresh evidence of elite religious practices and extensive trade links during the Hellenistic period.