The Chinese maiden was cremated because she suspected of being a witch
Italian archaeologists found the remains of a medieval girl cremated and threw her body into a sealed burial ground with heavy stones.
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Italian archaeologists found the remains of a medieval girl cremated and threw her body into a sealed burial ground with heavy stones.
Under the thousand-year-old ice of Siberia, the corpses of the young cave lion are still as intact as they were when they were full of feathers, skin and internal organs.
A Swiss farmer saw the glittering light from the mound in the cherry garden and suddenly spotted 4,166 Roman and bronze coins.
Analysis of the scientists pointed out that the ancient elves in Flores, Indonesia, were shrunk in size
Bulgari archaeologists discovered a 24-carat gold pendant with a date of 6,600 years in one of Europe's oldest prehistoric towns.
Chinese archaeologists discovered the rest of a mysterious game, which disappeared 1,500 years ago, at a 2,300-year-old tomb in Shandong Province.
Archaeologists believe that the ancient city of Kane was found, the site of a major battle between the forces of Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesus war.
Egypt on November 23 said it would test further to find the mysterious room in King Tutankhamun's tomb suspected of being a burial place for Queen Nefertiti.
A gold ring, featuring the elaborate carved stone agate of Cupid's love image, was found near the village of Tangley in England.
A simple PVC eraser has mysteriously decoded the silk-like parchment used to make the first medieval pocket Bible books.
The treasure consists of 91 silver coins from the Roman era, dating back over 2,000 years, found on a Wales field worth tens of millions of dollars.
Al-Zahrawi laid the first foundations for modern surgery with the invention of cat's gut sutures or marked the incision by ink on patients before surgery.
Centuries ago, in the Iron Age, on the high mountains of western Tibet, the Zhangzhung built a civilization complete with rich technical and artistic advances.
A type of worm that lived 535 million years ago had a steel-like body covered with sharp teeth around its mouth and bristling spines protruding from its body.
According to a reporter from Timor Leste, this small Southeast Asian country has a remarkable archaeological discovery when it found a fairly intact Dong Son drum.