Researchers have found a Roman brooch in the foundation of an Iron Age house in Scotland, but what was it doing there?

Although it’s well over 70 years since I left my ancestral home of Camelon I have never lost my interest in the fantastic ...

The Kingdom of Scotland was founded in 843 AD when Kenneth MacAlpin unified the Picts and Scots, though its story stretches ...

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Did the Picts originate from Thule and migrate to ... In a study done by the Technical University of Berlin, researchers used ancient Greek and Roman maps to determine Thule's location.

The Ancient City houses the strange and massive portal-like structure at the center. This portal consists of strange blocks that are harder than Obsidian and take longer time to break it. So, ...

“His excited shout brought the team together, marking the beginning of an extraordinary discovery: a nearly complete skull of an ancient apex carnivore, a dream for any vertebrate paleontologist.

The materials unearthed during the excavations by TNSDA in the ancient port town of Korkai in Thoothukudi district in 1968-69 and in recent years had shed light on the long-established trade ...

A rare skull found in Egypt reveals Bastetodon, a top predator from 30 million years ago. This discovery rewrites what we know about ancient carnivores, proving that African hyaenodonts had their own ...

The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some archaeologists. The subtle patterns could be early signs of creativity and ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was ...