A 3D analysis comparing the way fabric falls on a human body versus a low-relief sculpture shows that the Shroud of Turin was not based on a real person.

In C.E. 331, Te K’ab Chaak ascended to the throne as the first ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol in what is today ...

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Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a rare 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb that somehow escaped looters over the centuries.

In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: "Yes, wonderful things." Within ...

The knight’s grave was found beneath the former site of Lodziarnia Miś, a beloved ice cream parlor.

Sad news for the three people who fondly remember the soundtracks to turn-of-the-millennium Tomb Raider – their composer, Peter Connelly, has been sentenced to 16 months behind bars for COVID-19 loan ...

Two major archaeological features have been discovered during excavation. The first is a funerary landscape, including a tomb estimated to be 2,000 years old. It is one of the few examples of ...

A medieval knight's tomb was recently uncovered in Gdańsk, Poland, near the country's oldest wooden church, revealing a skeleton and rare limestone tombstone from Sweden.

“It was like [archaeologist] Howard Carter walking into Tutankhamun’s tomb,” says art historian and Lindsay expert Robert Holden, who along with Rodney Kent unearthed the collection of ...

A medieval knight's tomb was recently uncovered in Gdańsk, Poland, near the country's oldest wooden church, revealing a skeleton and rare limestone tombstone from Sweden.