British Museum hails record-breaking year for archaeological discoveries – thanks largely to metal detectorists ...

Most reliquary crosses are found broken, opened, or separated, which strips away key information about how they were made and used. This one is different: it’s a two-part cross permanently sealed with ...

A 40-year veteran in the field of archaeology who helped confirm the discovery said he’s never seen anything like it, according to a news release. Photo by Göran Bengtsson Göran Bengtsson, a hobby ...

A medieval toilet, a "murder" victim and the remains of an extinct species of cattle are among the discoveries that have helped to shed light on the past this year. Archaeologists also uncovered one ...

According to CBS News, archaeologists in Poland have uncovered the remarkably well-preserved skeleton of a medieval knight beneath the site of an ice cream parlour in the historic city of Gdańsk, ...

Göran Bengtsson, a hobby archaeologist, was studying an 18th-century map of southwestern Sweden when he noticed something unusual. A rectangle and the word “Klosterkullen,” which translates to ...

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