Two exceptionally rare Anglo-Saxon "Lamb of God" coins, minted over 1,000 years ago in a desperate bid to seek divine protection against Viking attacks, have been discovered in Denmark. The silver ...

A small fragment of a Roman figurine, believed to depict the "backside" of the goddess Venus, has been discovered during ongoing excavations at Bodiam Castle in East Sussex. This intriguing discovery, ...

Most people who have the Rh blood type are Rh-positive. There are also instances, however, where people are Rh-Negative. Health problems may occur for the unborn child of a mother with Rh-Negative ...

The discovery of traces of rare Tyrian purple dye in the gypsum burials of two infants in Roman York has shed exciting new ...

The pyramid known as El Castillo, or the Temple of Kukulcán, stands 30 meters (98 feet) tall and features nine terraced ...

A 1,500-year-old gold brooch has been discovered in Denmark, offering a rare glimpse into the elite adornment of the Late Germanic Iron Age. Unearthed by metal detectorist Mikkel Warming, the find ...

During recent excavations at the ruins of the medieval royal manor, researchers discovered hundreds of clinker nails, indicating that an Oslo Viking boat grave lies hidden beneath the historic estate.

A woman's skull, approximately 1,400 years old, discovered during the excavation of her grave in what is now Ergoldsbach. Using a tiny bone fragment from the skull, palaeogeneticists at JGU ...

Throughout the history of religion, many of its most notable figures were either prophets who preached to large groups of ...

The Shamash Gate was one of eighteen gates that controlled access to Nineveh, the great capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, situated on the eastern bank of the Tigris River near modern Mosul.

A remarkable manuscript discovered in Rome has brought to light a rare early copy of Cædmon's Hymn, widely considered the oldest known poem in the English language. Dating to the early ninth century, ...

According to ancient Greek texts, this was a land of eternal spring, inhabited by a race of giants who lived for a thousand years without disease or war. They called it Hyperborea, a realm existing ...