Two giant pharaoh statues unveiled in Egypt
Mar 26, 2014Two statues of Amenhotep III have been restored to their original spots in the ancient city of Luxor.
100-year-old bottle of beer found in church
Mar 22, 2014The beverage was discovered at St Piran's Oratory, one of the UK's oldest places of Christian workship.
Cancer found in 3,200-year-old skeleton
Mar 19, 2014Archaeologists have found the clearest signs yet that cancer is not only a disease of the modern world.
Nine new Dead Sea Scrolls found in storage
Mar 13, 2014The newly identified penny-sized parchments had been forgotten about for more than six decades.
Good weather aided Genghis Khan conquest
Mar 11, 2014Scientists believe a record-breaking spell of warm and wet weather contributed to Khan's success.
'Rocket cats' found in 16th century war book
Mar 7, 2014Experts have uncovered a series of strange weapon diagrams in a warfare manual dating back to 1530.
World's oldest cheese discovered in China
Mar 3, 2014Cheese dating back more than 3,600 years has been found on mummies unearthed in the Taklamakan desert.
Gladiator school unearthed in Austria
Feb 27, 2014Archaeologists have uncovered the first gladiator training facility to be found outside of Rome.
Archaeological treasures found on Dartmoor
Feb 11, 2014Jewellery, animal pelts and amber beads are among the finds retrieved from a 4,000-year-old tomb.
4,600-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt
Feb 4, 2014A step pyramid unearthed near Edfu is thought to predate the Great Pyramid of Giza by several decades.
Divers uncover relics of Stone Age 'Atlantis'
Jan 28, 2014Stone Age artifacts left behind by Swedish nomads have been unearthed on the floor of the Baltic Sea.
Easter Island collapse theory questioned
Jan 24, 2014Academics have cast doubt on the idea that the inhabitants used up all the island's natural resources.
Seeking the Amazon's lost civilizations
Jan 17, 2014How widespread were pre-Columbian civilizations within the world's largest rainforest ?
Lost tomb of Egypt's King Seneb discovered
Jan 16, 2014The pharaoh is believed to have enjoyed the longest rule of his time more than 3,600 years ago.
Did poisoned wine kill Alexander the Great ?
Jan 13, 2014Mystery has long surrounded the strange and protracted death of one of history's greatest leaders.
Demon wards unearthed under ancient floors
Jan 13, 2014Archaeologists have discovered evidence that the residents of an ancient city used eggs to ward off evil.
What happened to the Ark of the Covenant ?
Jan 8, 2014A recently translated Hebrew text has offered a tantalizing new reference to several ancient treasures.
Pompeii elite ate giraffe and sea urchins
Jan 5, 2014A new study has revealed some of the more unusual diets of those who lived in the doomed Roman city.
Seeking lost tombs in the Valley of the Kings
Dec 22, 2013A new radar survey is hoping to find the locations of several tombs that have yet to be discovered.
Was Noah's Ark a 'double-decker coracle' ?
Dec 16, 2013Museum expert Irving Finkel believes that the biblical vessel wasn't the shape depicted in most pictures.
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