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Man charged with stealing 100 human skeletons in Pennsylvania
Jan 11, 2026The man is thought to have been responsible for a lengthy spate of grave thefts from a historic burial ground.
New findings help to further cement Homo Naledi cave burial theory
VIDEO Sep 16, 2025South Africa's Rising Star cave system is home to one of the most important discoveries in paleoanthropology.
Mystery of King Tutankhamun's untimely death may have been solved
Apr 13, 2025Scientists believe that they may have cracked the mystery of what caused the death of the young pharoah.
Over 1,400 mummies unearthed in ancient Egyptian 'City of the Dead'
Jun 28, 2024Archaeologists have discovered an extensive series of tombs and burials in the ancient Egyptian city of Aswan.
Mystery burials in Italy may be explained by fear of 'revenants'
Feb 8, 2023Archaeologists have shed possible new light on the nature of some enigmatic burials found in the ruins of a Roman villa.
New evidence points to presence of hidden chamber in King Tut's tomb
Sep 26, 2022Nicholas Reeves still believes that the entrance to Nefertiti's tomb lies somewhere within King Tut's burial chamber.
Female vampire found with sickle across her neck to stop her rising from the dead
Sep 5, 2022The 17th-Century burial was recently unearthed by archaeologists at a cemetery in Poland.
'Mermaid bed' found at site of 2,100-year-old burial in Greece
Jun 4, 2022Archaeologists have unearthed the skeleton of a woman who was buried on a bed adorned with images of mermaids.
Mystery of girl buried with bird in her mouth
Jun 14, 2021A young girl buried in a European cave centuries ago was discovered with the head of a finch in her mouth.
'Book of the Dead' scroll found in Saqqara
Jan 20, 2021Archaeologists excavating a burial shaft have unearthed a 13ft scroll inscribed with a chapter from the book.
100 intact sarcophagi unearthed near Cairo
VIDEO Nov 15, 2020Egyptian authorities have revealed another significant discovery at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo.
Plague victim burials hint at 'zombie' fears
Sep 7, 2020New research suggests that some victims of the plague were buried face down to stop them rising from the dead.
1,000-year-old Viking boat discovered on island
May 31, 2020Officials have announced that the vessel was found at a burial site on the Norwegian island of Edoya.
Mystery as skeletons found with hands tied
Feb 3, 2020Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of over 40 skeletons in shallow graves at a building site in England.
Mummies of Egyptian high priests unearthed
Feb 1, 2020A huge burial ground filled with mummies and shabti figurines has been discovered at a site south of Cairo.
Ancient skeletons found wearing 'skull helmets'
Nov 18, 2019The skeletons of two infants unearthed in Ecuador were found to be wearing helmets made from other skulls.
Six-headed burial perplexes archaeologists
Sep 5, 2019Two warrior skeletons unearthed in Scotland had been buried together in a coffin alongside four other skulls.
UK's 'Tutankhamun' found behind supermarket
VIDEO May 9, 2019Archaeologists have revealed the identify of the prince found within one of the UK's most intriguing burials.
Young 'vampire' found buried in Italian cemetery
Oct 13, 2018The skeletal remains of a child with a stone in its mouth point to an ancient form of ritualistic vampire burial.
Mystery ape discovered inside Chinese tomb
Jun 22, 2018The remains of an extinct species of ape have been found inside a 2,300-year-old burial chamber.
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