In the Middle Ages, a plague killed a third of Europe's population. Fleas carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, ...

A village museum has expressed its delight at acquiring a hoard of Bronze Age items that have been declared treasure. The ...

Archaeologists uncover Bronze Age Chinese secret to brewing red rice wine - Rice wine was consumed ceremonially by Mogou ...

Remains discovered by a farmer in a long-forgotten burial chamber on the Isle of Bute have now been identified as two people ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

Learn more about the people who once used Grotta della Monaca as a sacred burial site.

A 3,000-year-old treasure hoard containing 310 objects from the Late Bronze Age has been discovered, the largest local find ...

Archaeologists in Scotland have unearthed evidence of a “mysterious mass burial” dating back to the Bronze Age, which tells of a “horrible event." ...

A weapon as legendary as the dagger of King Tutankhamun needs an epic backstory, and last year X-ray analysis showed that the iron in the ancient blade had come from meteorites. Now, a French study ...

A late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age grave has revealed ancient strategies to keep the dead from turning into “revenants” and ...

Bronze Age weapons hoard belonging to the elite, buried over 3,000 years ago in Carnoustie, reveals the lives of warriors ...