A small bone discovered in southern Spain may represent the first direct archaeological evidence of the war elephants used by Hannibal Barca during the Punic Wars.

Archaeologists have been excavating in the Mouillage district of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, offering a rare glimpse into the city’s development from its early days to its destruction during the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée.

Researchers from the Polish Academy of Sciences have identified more than 630,000 ancient charcoal kilns in Poland, which form the basis on which technology grew, driving everything from toolmaking to early urban centres.

A window into the Grimsby of yesteryear has been uncovered – from scraps of leather shoes to fish bones – building a unique picture of the development of the Lincolnshire port town.

Archaeologists from POMOST – the Historical and Archaeological Research Laboratory – have uncovered physical evidence of war crimes committed by the Red Army during WWII.

Archaeologists have confirmed the location of Saint Hilarion’s tomb and burial remains in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Archaeologists from the Berlin State Office for Monument Protection have uncovered a tomb during renovation works at the historic Buch Castle Church.

A groundbreaking study published in the journal Science has revealed that women played the dominant role at Çatalhöyük.

A preserved Neanderthal fossil is providing new insights into how this ancient human species adapted to the cold climates of Ice Age Europe.

A study, led by Dr. Marina Lozano of IPHES-CERCA, has found dental remains belonging to three Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) in Abreda Cave.

Archaeologists have conducted a study of lithic material from the Pilauco and Los Notros sites in north-western Patagonia, revealing evidence of human occupation in the region prior to the Younger Dryas period.

A new study led by the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Institute of Archaeology of the CAS suggests that human occupation of Europe first took place 1.4 million years ago.

A newly identified Christian world chronicle dating to the early 8th century is shedding fresh light on the political and religious upheavals that marked the transition from late antiquity to the rise of Islam.

An authorised metal detectorist has made the rare discovery of a St. George’s Cross in the Chełm State Forests in eastern Poland.

According to a new study published in arXiv, an 11th-century English monk first documented multiple appearances of Halley’s Comet, more than 600 years before Edmond Halley codified its orbit.

The Knights Templar, also known as the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, or the Order of Solomon’s Temple, was a religious military order of knighthood that served the Catholic Church.

A local fossil hunter exploring Stevns Klint on the Danish island of Zealand has discovered a rare blob of fossilised vomit, also known as regurgitalite.

A fossilised bone discovered in the legacy collections from the archaeological site of Mycenae represents one of the earliest known examples of ancient fossil hunting.

Scientists have identified the skeletal remains of Panthera spelaea at the Notarchirico site in southern Italy.

A study of the Serrote do Letreiro Site (meaning “Signpost Hill”) in Brazil’s Paraíba State has led to the discovery of an assemblage of petroglyphs alongside dinosaur tracks.

A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE presents new evidence that the volcanic eruption of Minoan Thera (modern-day Santorini) occurred before the reign of Pharaoh Ahmose I, overturning long-held views of Bronze Age chronology.

In 2024, researchers from Australia's University of Queensland discovered a giant 1,200-tonne rock more than 200 metres inland on the island of Tongatapu.

Despite the name, blue lava is not actually molten lava, but rather an extremely rare natural phenomenon caused by the combustion of sulphuric gases emitted from certain volcanoes and fumarole vents.

One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.

According to a new study published in the journal PLOS One, the Gobi Desert, now one of the driest and most forbidding places on Earth, was once a land of lakes and wetlands that sustained human life over 8,000-years-ago.

Archaeologists have found traces of a climate disaster 1500-years-ago that might have inspired the legend of Ragnarök from Norse mythology.

A large-scale transcontinental river system from the Eocene era, dating back 44 to 34 million years ago, has been discovered beneath the Antarctic ice.

A recent study published in GeoJournal proposes that Seahenge was built to conduct rituals aimed at prolonging the summer during the extreme climatic changes of the 3rd millennium BC.

A recent archaeological study has renewed interest in the role of animals within the ceremonial and urban landscape of ancient Tenochtitlan.

In 2024, researchers from Australia's University of Queensland discovered a giant 1,200-tonne rock more than 200 metres inland on the island of Tongatapu.

In 2020, the mummified carcass of a sabre-toothed cat was discovered frozen in the Abyisky ulus of the Republic of Sakha, Russia.

Scientists from the MKAmmosov North-Eastern Federal University have found the preserved remains of a Pleistocene wolf in the Republic of Sakha, Russia.