A previously unknown fossilised snail species has been discovered by archaeologists working on a railway construction site in Florida, and they have named it Carychium floridanum in honour of the…
Graves containing human bones dating back a thousand years have been discovered during construction work under a school. The images show the skeletons, which were buried with a number of…
Construction worker unearths a 2,000-year-old chicken-shaped relic while building a house in south-west China. The distinctive funerary piece is believed to date back to the Eastern Han dynasty, which ruled…
Pair of terrified Arctic foxes flee massive Russian nuclear powered icebreaker as it bears down on them in a frozen river. The footage was shot by a crew member on…
Archaeologists in Mexico made an astonishing discovery when they unearthed a total of 21 human remains in a medieval cemetery. The skeletons, some of which are almost perfectly preserved, were…
International researchers have revealed that the Ryugu asteroid originated from the outer edge of the Solar System beyond the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. Iron isotopes from Ryugu's rock samples…
More than 20,000 people were evacuated from a German city after this massive unexploded 500-kilogramme World War II bomb was found 78 years after it was dropped there by US…
A scientific research team has unveiled a site with well-preserved fossilised dinosaur eggs that date back almost 70 million years in south-eastern China. Woman takes a picture of the dinosaur…
An ancient burial tomb dating back to the era of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II has been unearthed by a digger at a building site. The cave was unsealed for the…
Archaeologists researching the ancient temple city of Heliopolis have made remarkable discoveries documenting intense temple construction activities in Ancient Egypt. Heliopolis - which literally means City of the Sun -…