When an archaeologist unearthed Europe’s most important prehistoric hoard in 1963, two dull, rusted pieces didn’t make ...

"Objects like this are exceptionally rare witnesses of a culture that sits at a crossroads of the ancient world." ...

A Swedish fisherman searching for gooey, juicy worms to use as bait near his summer home near Stockholm instead struck something far more solid (and much less interesting to fish): a copper cauldron ...

Archaeologists and divers retrieved a trove of ancient treasures Thursday from a 2,000-year-old sunken city off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. Cranes carefully lifted these ancient artifacts from the ...

Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed ancient gold at a former Christian monastery in the Judean Desert. The announcement was made by Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the ...

Egypt suffered a devastating loss in September when a pharaoh's priceless bracelet was stolen from a museum in Cairo – and melted down. Now forever lost, the bracelet belonged to Pharaoh Usermaatre ...

Hundreds of priceless gold and silver coins were uncovered at a "secret" site in a picturesque region of the Czech Republic. The discovery was announced by the Museum and Gallery of Northern Pilsen ...

DIVERS have uncovered a once-in-a-lifetime discovery lying at the bottom of a lake in Switzerland. Gobsmacked experts found a ...

A 1,400-year-old crown found in a tomb in Gyeongju, South Korea is among recent archaeological discoveries. Photo from Korea Heritage Service The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fisherman digging for worms at his summer home in Sweden instead discovered over 13 pounds of buried silver treasure. The hoard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Divers watch as a crane pulls a piece of stone from the sea, with a cityscape in the background (Khaled Desouki / AFP via Getty ...

Egypt suffered a devastating loss in September when a pharaoh’s priceless bracelet was stolen from a museum in Cairo – and melted down. Now forever lost, the bracelet belonged to Pharaoh Usermaatre ...