All news on the topic: Archaeology

Tutankhamun's death mask is one of the most recognisable relics of Ancient Egypt, but an 'overlooked' clue suggests that it may have been made for someone else entirely

Experts have recently returned to the site of a sunken medieval shipwreck to carry out a new survey and they are hoping to uncover more of the historic vessel's story

The graves at the cemetery, unearthed at Fonmon Castle, are between 1,400 and 1,500 years old - but their contents have left archaeologists scratching their heads

Initially fearing that the girl had frozen in the preceding weeks or months, the tell-tale signs that this wasn't any old body quickly made itself clear, as it turned out this girl was preserved from 500 years ago

Mrs Aimee Roberts was “overwhelmed” when she realised she had too large fossilised vertebrates in her garden. In the first case of its kind, experts believe they may have died fighting each other

A car park in Japan has now become a site of national significance - after a 1,400-year-old tomb once belonging to a member of the Japanese elite was discovered under a bush

The grass sandals pre-date the previous oldest pair of shoes ever found in Europe after carbon dating placed them in the Neolithic period at around 6,000 years ago

In what archaeologists say is the largest cemetery ever to be discovered in the Gaza Strip, two Roman-era lead sarcophagi have been unearthed amongst 135 graves

The 'completely pristine' body of liquid was found by thrilled American explorers in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns National Park some 700m below the earth's surface

The sarcophagus was opened before the international media and was one of two coffins found in the incredible discovery five years ago

Many historians believe the tomb of the two lovers, who are said to have committed suicide together, is located close to Alexandria in Egypt

Underneath Bristol lies a 190-million-year-old Jurassic cave system more than 200ft down which has claimed the lives of two climbers in the past - and some do not know it is there

When archaeologists started digging at the Covesea Caves range - a series of sea caves near Inverness - they came across "remarkably preserved" human bones strewn across the floor

Scientists have spent the past four years examining the fossilised remains dug up in Hualongdong, China, and the skull belonging to a child could turn out to be an incredible find

Archaeologists are investigating the reason for 25 massive pits that have been found in Bedfordshire and date back up to 8,500 years as they hope to shed light on a little known period

Excavations in the Roman city of Pompeii have unveiled an ancient fresco by a bakery which historians say bears an uncanny resemblance to Italy's most beloved and famous export

A study suggests that at least 1.45 million years ago, our ancestors engaged in cannibalistic behaviour as evidenced by cut marks on a fossilized leg bone, indicating the use of stone tools for butchering each other

A mysterious network of tunnels and chambers decorated with mosaics and marble have been discovered during excavation work at a church that dates back 1,500 years

Rungholt, in modern-day Germany, was once a thriving port town that housed people from all over Europe with locals building their lives around the tides of the sea that would one day wipe them off the map

The lost tunnels were first discovered by accident in 2005 by local farmer Peter Waddell, who says the elaborate construction reminded him of the catacombs in Rome

New research has shed light on an extremely unfortunate resident of Herculaneum

Mudlarking expert Jason Sandy has found a Roman hairpin, medieval 'knuckle duster', and three dead bodies in his 10 years of mudlarking on the River Thames

It is hoped the previously undiscovered 1,600-year-old burial ground containing Roman and Saxon bones could help 'unlock' the secrets of one of the most important periods in British history

The Sphinx-like statue, which is said to be in the likeness of Roman Emperor Claudius, was made near the Dendera Temple complex in Qena, Egypt, an area conquered by the empire after the taking of Carthage in 146BC

The 191-foot-long Ironton collided with another ship in September 1894 and both vessels sank in the Thunder Bay area of northern Lake Huron in North America