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A mummy estimated to be between 800 and 1,200 years old has been unearthed by archaeologists in Peru at a site near the country's capital, Lima.
An ancient pile of garbage has stunned scientists when it contains a lot of elaborately carved treasures to make an offering to the goddess of love.
Nearly 3,800 remains that actually belong to three Denisovans - a large but mysterious ghost human, lurking in the blood of many Asians - have been found in a cave in Si…
When archaeologists arrived at the scene, they discovered that it was the top of an ancient tomb made of green bricks! Experts quickly arrived on the scene.
After more than 1,000 years of using giant pyramids as burial sites, the pharaohs turned to underground tombs for a variety of reasons.
Researchers have recently unearthed a remarkable mosaic from the Roman era in Great Britain.
The 150,000-year-old shell necklace is said to be the oldest piece of jewelry in the world.
After nearly a century of research and investigation, archaeologists have deciphered 6 mysteries about Tutankhamun, the king famous for the curse of 'Egyptian mummies'
Experts excavating the tomb believed to belong to Cao Cao have found a strange weapon, which has been lost for thousands of years.
Researchers were stunned to discover an Iron Age skeleton buried in a sitting position at the ruins of Maiden Castle in the United Kingdom.
The remains of ancient Neanderthals are mostly just fragments, but scientists got lucky when a baby's baby tooth was stillborn.
Because of the need for granite to build the bridge, people decided to use mines to blow up a mountain area in Gaoyu town, Anji district, Zhejiang province, China, even…
The city of Luong Chu with a complex water canal system that existed more than 5,000 years ago may perish due to climate change.
Scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur after its bones were unearthed, a new study reports.
The evolutionary breakthrough that sets humans apart from other apes has been found in the body of Issa, a 2 million-year-old woman.