Researchers in Tlaxcala, Mexico, have announced the remarkable discovery of a 1,300-year-old clay effigy representing the Maize God, a central figure in Mesoamerican spirituality.

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable discovery that may rewrite the timeline of religious transition in early medieval Europe.

Recent archaeological excavations in Britain have uncovered a series of startling finds that suggest Bronze Age people may have regularly used the remains of their ancestors to create household tools and ceremonial items.

An unexploded mortar shell has been discovered more than 200 years after it was fired at the Battle of Culloden, say archaeologists.

Workers renovating the Bolongaro Palace in Höchst, Germany have uncovered traces of an early Roman military camp beneath the palace garden, a find that sheds new light on the city’s earliest history.

Marine archaeologists are racing to excavate the wreck of the flagship Dannebroge before construction begins on a massive new housing project set to cover the site

Archaeologists say they have unearthed an entrance to a large stone temple in the ancient Egyptian town of Athribis, near to the modern city of Sohag.