Archaeologists excavating a car park off the coast of Northumberland, England have unearthed seven skeletons.
The skeletons, which were found among several hundred other bodies, had their heads placed between their legs.
Palaeontologists have revealed the discovery of one of the most significant Neanderthal skeletons in a decade.
Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of over 40 skeletons in shallow graves at a building site in England.
Archaeologists have discovered two skeletons wearing the head cones often depicted in ancient Egyptian art.
The skeletons of two infants unearthed in Ecuador were found to be wearing helmets made from other skulls.
Two warrior skeletons unearthed in Scotland had been buried together in a coffin alongside four other skulls.
Archaeologists have unearthed two skeletons with skulls exhibiting clear signs of artificial cranial deformation.
Anthropologists have published the results of a new study in to two fossil skeletons found in South Africa.
Scientists have started to slowly unravel the mystery of three skeletons found buried in a massive granite coffin.
The skeletons, which include a one-year-old baby, were discovered by builders in Siberia 15 years ago.
Researchers have unveiled details of their latest findings at an important cave site in South Africa.
Our species developed more fragile bones when our ancestors switched from hunting to agriculture.
Four skeletons unearthed in southern Poland are believed to have been subject to a vampire burial.
More than a dozen skeletons have been discovered buried underneath a busy part of central London.
Skeletons dating back between 8,000 and 4,200 years have been discovered in the desert in Libya.
A well dating back 8,500 years was unearthed by workers who were digging up a road in Israel.
Two skeletons discovered on a remote Scottish island have been at the centre of a mystery for 10 years.
Collections of skulls separated from their skeletons have been proving a puzzle to archaeologists.
50 skeletons belonging to the extinct giant wombat species diprotodon have been found in Queensland.