4,000-year-old Bronze Age oak coffin discovered at Tetney golf club arrives at Lincoln Museum for public display after painstaking conservation, revealing rare burial practices and remarkably preserved artifacts.

Researchers have isolated degraded silk proteins in the soil of Chinese tombs that date back about 8,500 years—the oldest evidence of manmade silk by far.

Despite growing the 2nd most expensive spice in the world, Madagascar’s Vanilla farmers are struggling. From corporate greed to theft, these are the challenges they face.

Telesilla, the warrior poetess inspired the women of Argos not just to take up arms against the invading enemy but also to man-up against their new husbands.

Scientists successfully extract 40,000-year-old RNA from woolly mammoth Yuka, the oldest ever recovered, revealing active genes and opening new possibilities for studying extinct Ice Age species.

Four medieval spears from the 10th-11th centuries discovered in Lake Lednica in Poland, part of an arsenal found there, including a gold and silver weapon linked to Piast dynasty elite warriors.

A tiny 4,300-year-old silver goblet discovered in the West Bank may hold the oldest known image of the universe's creation - and it tells a surprisingly peaceful story of cosmic birth, not divine warfare.

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Every year as December rolls in, some 2 billion people start to feel the Christmas cheer. While the celebration is now primarily a Christian one honoring the birth of Jesus

With Christmas almost upon us, there will be plenty of frenzied present shopping and meal planning. Haven’t made that Christmas cake yet? Fear not. If you were preparing the festive meal 600 years ago you’d have far more on your plate.