Australian researchers have completed facial recon...  ...facial model for the first time at an Australian archaeology conference this December. The skeleton, nickname...

The body of a remarkably well preserved warrior in full armor was discovered at Kanai Higashiura, the site known as the Japanese Pompeii, and archaeologists believe the find dates back to the 6th century.But here's what...

The question of when -and how- humans first started making cheese has confounded archaeologists. Cheese-making was a big step for civilization, as it allowed lactose-intolerant adults to consume a dairy product, and it w...

Four 19th-century warships have been found off the coast of Israel, which may point us to a lost Greek harbor from antiquity as well. The researchers, from the University of Rhode Island, found the warships by using soun...

Anyone who has a dog will tell you they are pretty...  ...So I thought: Can you imagine the discoveries in archaeology that could happen around the world, if dogs could...

In December, we are inundated with lists that look...  ...Geeks Are Sexy rounded up the top discoveries in archaeology , stories that will all add to the body of knowled...

Hadrian's Wall is a 73-mile set of fortifications built across northern Roman Britain to protect it from raiding Picts. It was very costly to the Empire. But according to a 2008 article in the Telegraph, local Celts foun...

Among the legends of ancient Rome is that of a sibyl who lived in a cave that was the portal to the underworld. In 1958, a cave was discovered on the north shore of the Bay of Naples among the ruins of Baiæ that ma...

In a cave in Slovenia, archaeologists found a human jawbone with intact teeth. One in particular captured their attention because it had a cavity filled in with beeswax. At 6,500 years old, this is the oldest dental fill...

Image: Yael Yolovitch / Israel Antiquities Authority Archaeologists in Israel discovered this 9,500-year-old cultic figurine of a ram with spiral horns, carved out of limestone: The anim...