Could you build a house in one night? A centuries-old Welsh tradition said squatters who did so had successfully laid claim to vacant land.

Analysis of Neolithic pits in Alsace suggests trophy-taking and ritual “victory celebrations” after Europe’s earliest wars, revealing outsiders among the dead.

The biblical text, the Song of Songs, has created difficulties for readers for 2,000 years due to its erotic dimension. Can we now fathom what is it really about?

Non-destructive air sampling reveals ancient Egyptian mummy balm ingredients (fats, beeswax, resins and bitumen) tracing how embalming recipes changed over time.

A group of 13 women stood out from the crowd in some southern German villages along the Danube River 1500 years ago. Their DNA suggests they came from another region and they were physically distinct from the norm in the area at the time.

Archaeologists excavating in Mexico City beneath one of the largest temples in the Aztec world have discovered a giant carved obsidian golden eagle.

An amazing medieval Welsh abbey tunnel network has been discovered, and archaeologists are utterly amazed!

New research on Petra’s ‘Ain Braq aqueduct identifies a rare 116m lead pipeline and complex reservoirs, showing advanced Nabataean water engineering.

Archaeologists have unearthed a Viking burial site north of Stockholm that presents clear evidence of the transition from pagan funerals to Christian burials.

CT scans of two ancient Egyptian priest mummies reveal chronic back pain, hip deterioration, and new clues about health and aging over 2,000 years ago.