The piece of history on the island of Bressay, dating from between 1500 – 1200 BC, was first discovered during an excavation eight years ago. Concerned that the site was still under threat from coastal erosion, University of St Andrews…

Parts of a giant, exquisitely carved marble sculpture depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius have been found at an archaeological site in Turkey.

Fragments of the statue were unearthed at the ancient city of Sagalassos.

So far the…

Most people have heard of carbon dating, a process that measures the amount of radioactive carbon-14 present in an object. It can date objects to about 50,000 years ago, so it is good for dating events in archaeology and the…

Bulgarian citizens have accidentally come across two stone blocks near a Proto-Bulgarian fortress near Mogila village, Kaspichan municipality. The fortress is a part of the system, constructed for the defense of the capital Pliska. It closely resembles the Madara fortress,…

It took seven years, but Charles Ulrich did something many people dream about, but few succeed at: He beat the IRS in a tax dispute.

Not only that, but tax experts say potentially millions of other taxpayers could benefit from…

About 3,000 former and current servicemen and women who served in wars ranging from World War Two to Afghanistan proudly marched through Doncaster town centre last August on the town’s inaugural Veterans’ Day.

But this year the local Royal British…

One of the largest and best-preserved Roman villas yet discovered in Britain has been unearthed by archaeologists.

Built 1,800 years ago on the Isle of Wight, the building is as vast as an Olympic swimming pool and shaped like…

ARCHAEOLOGISTS may have unearthed evidence of a prehistoric tragedy at Isle of Man Airport.

They are working on a theory that fire could have razed a Bronze Age village to the ground in a cataclysmic conflagration in the area…

I wish I could fly back to Russia. I have been in the United States for a year, and I am studying and working here to get experience in American journalism, known worldwide for its independence and professionalism. But in…

Is The “Scientific Consensus” on Global Warming a Myth?

Yes, says internationally renowned environmentalist author Lawrence Solomon who highlights the brave scientists–all leaders in their fields– who dispute the conventional wisdom of climate change alarmists (despite the threat to their…

An ancient Greek ship recently raised off the coast of southern Sicily, Italy, is the biggest and best maintained vessel of its kind ever found, archaeologists say. At a length of nearly 70 feet (21 meters) and a width of…

The invention of agriculture was a pivotal event in human history, but archaeologists studying its origins may have made a simple error in dating the domestication of animals like sheep and goats. The signal of the process, they believed, was…

Archaeologists of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven team (Belgium) directed by Marc Waelkens uncovered the colossal portrait head of the Roman empress Faustina, wife of the emperor Antoninus Pius, who ruled from A.D. 138 to 161. According to Waelkens, the excavation…

A treasure hunter using a metal detector has discovered a pure gold cross dating from the 7th century – and worth at least £25,000.The Anglo Saxon artefact is set with red gemstones and might have originally held a relic such…

NottinghamshireA 7th-century Anglo-Saxon cross has been unearthed by a treasure hunter in a Nottinghamshire field.The 18-carat gold artefact, roughly one inch (2.5 cm) in width, is set with red gemstones and is believed to have been made in England from…

BERLIN (Reuters Life!) – Archaeologists have discovered traces of a Bronze Age place of worship in Germany in what they say might be the country’s answer to Stonehenge.

Scientists from a university in Halle are excavating a roughly 4,000 year-old…

LONDON (AFP) – The remains of a London theatre where William Shakespeare’s early plays including “Romeo And Juliet” were first performed have been discovered by archaeologists, a museum said Wednesday.

Shakespeare appeared at The Theatre in Shoreditch, east London,…

They have been dismissed as savages who resisted the march of civilisation. But the remains of a monastery found in the north of Scotland suggest the Picts have been wronged.

The Picts have long been regarded as enigmatic savages who…

More than 100 elaborate carvings dating back thousands of years have been discovered on rocks and boulders in the North of England.The Neolithic art – found at several sites across Durham and Northumberland – includes a series of intricate designs…