AFTER a long day hunting cavemen would return home to chart their exploits on the walls in paintings…or would they? Analysis of humanity’s oldest artworks has provided convincing evidence that most of them were actually painted by women.
A LAKE so poisonous that almost nothing can live there has become a canvas for an artist who has captured the essence of life in death.
NEW technology is giving scientists unheard of detail about the lives of people who died centuries ago.
PART of an ancient Egyptian king’s unique sphinx was unveiled at a dig in Israel, but researchers say how it got there is a mystery.
THE ruins of this ancient complex sit on dunes by the sea, a world away from Gaza City’s noise and bustle. Now the race is on the save them.
HUNDREDS of skeletons, including the remains of patients from the notorious Bedlam Hospital have been discovered in an old graveyard.
A BADGER has discovered medieval chieftain tombs that have been hailed as a “significant find” by archaeologists.
A GROUP of archaeologists claim to have discovered “a piece of a cross” associated with Jesus’s crucifixion in an ancient chest.
AN ‘extraordinary’ Mayan frieze depicting deities and rulers has been uncovered by archaeologists in Guatemala.
BLACKBEARD’S pirate ship is about to be plundered, with a team of archaeologists aiming to recover a set of eight cannons in coming weeks.
THREE years ago, French researchers declared that a centuries-old mummified head was that of the beloved King Henri IV. But a new study says, “Non!”
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