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...
The prominent opponents in the Anglo-Spanish war were King Philip II (Image: wynnter / iStock) and Queen Elizabeth I (Image: duncan1890 / iStock)
It is...
Grave goods from the 5th - 4th centuries BC were discovered in Thonis-Herakleion. Chr. (Image: Christoph Gerigk, Franck Goddio / Hilti Foundation)
In the...
It was supposed to become the super aircraft for the young Bundeswehr: the "Starfighter" from the US manufacturer Lockheed, which was incorporated into the...
The archaeologists came across 15 filigree gold pearls, which probably belonged to a sumptuous necklace. (Image: LAD in RPS R.Wollenweber)
News from the mysterious...
Archaeologists uncover what was previously slumbering in the farmland. (Aerial photo of the excavation area: State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt,...
Sutton Ho's Anglo-Saxon helmet from around 625. (Image: Elissa Blake / University of Sydney
The Anglo-Saxons shaped the culture of the British Isles from the...
Skull fragment and jaw of Nesher Ramla Homo. (Image: Tel Aviv University)
The early history of our species is complicated: crossbreeds with the Neanderthals...
Troubled grave in France. (Image: Éveha-Études et valorisations archéologiques / G. Grange)
Some graves from the European early Middle Ages show traces of subsequent...