The researchers looked for evidence of parental kinship in DNA obtained from human remains. (Image: MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology)
Today it is considered the...
Around the year 1210, highly specialized illuminators in the archbishopric city of Magdeburg created an Evangelistary on behalf of the Premonstratensians of the newly...
Arthur's Stone in Herefordshire. (Image: University of Manchester)
The Arthur's Stone Stone Age monument in Herefordshire, West England, was originally part of a much...
A moat made for the excavations through the outer fortifications of the castle. (Image: Daniel Skoczylas)
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Teutonic...
The white burial mound of Tell Banat North. (Image: University of Toronto / The Banat Publication Project)
An approximately 5000 year old burial mound...
An ancient resting place of a special kind. (Image: Pompeii Archaeological Park)
An exciting inscription and some mummified remains: archaeologists have discovered an unusual grave...
The apothecary and death, 1816. (Image: Wellcome Collection / historical)
In Georgian-era England, getting old was a source of deep fear for many. Because...
Skeletons discovered on the site of the Sobibór extermination camp. (Photo: Karolina Ratajczak)
Until now, they were thought to be Polish victims of the...
This Babylonian clay tablet is the oldest known example of a practical application of the Pythagorean triples. (Image: UNSW Sydney)
New light on the...