Indigenous Indonesian communities—like the Papuan Abui people of Alor—are the custodians of very ancient knowledge. Their ...

Maritime archaeologists in Copenhagen discovered the well-preserved remains of the Svaelget 2, a massive medieval merchant ...

A lot of little kids go through the dinosaur phase, and I was no exception. But where most broke off into loving sports or ...

Historical records from 1350 show that as many as 12,000 people were buried in 11 “ plague pits ” outside the city of Erfurt, ...

Tucked in the waters off the coast of Copenhagen, maritime archaeologists discovered the world’s largest cog, a Viking-age ...

The remains of a medieval 'super ship' have been discovered off the coast of Denmark, representing the largest of its kind ...

The coin was one of five finds made in 2025 highlighted by NTS. Archaeological investigations in front of a chambered cairn at Crarae Garden in Argyll recovered a wide range of artefacts thought to be ...

A view of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on the southern coast of England shows Studland Bay, the location of a sunken thirteenth-century ship known as the Mortar Wreck. For the past 750 years, a ...

Archaeologists working in Siberia have discovered several medieval child burials containing grave goods like ornate belts and ...

Archaeologists working ahead of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk have uncovered a rare Anglo-Saxon “princely” ...

The remains of Svaelget 2 included a covered platform known as a "castle deck" where sailors could hide from the weather.