A preserved Stone Age deer tooth pendant has revealed the identity of the woman who wore it after scientists extracted her DNA from the surface. The tooth - with a…
Recently discovered beetle fossils preserved in amber for hundreds of millions of years have revealed that the bugs ate dinosaur feathers, according to a new study. The study shows how…
A son who dug up his mother's corpse and lived with it for 13 years because he could not bear to be without her is facing charges of desecrating her…
A 2,000-year-old hoard of highly crafted gold rings has been unearthed by archaeologists excavating an ancient village in Saudi Arabia. The three rings and a large bronze bull's head were…
Scientists have cracked the secrets of Stone Age farmers after studying ancient animal poo still perfectly preserved after 5,500 years. The Neolithic dung was harvested from an ancient settlement built…
This is the disturbing moment when an Everest climber stumbles across the frozen body of an earlier adventurer as he makes an attempt on the summit. Climber Nathaniel Douglas, 36,…
A shipwreck thought to date back hundreds of years to medieval times has been found perfectly preserved at the bottom of a lake. An unmanned sub equipped with cameras discovered…
Archaeologists in China have discovered an astonishing haul of historic treasures after salvaging a 150-year-old shipwreck from the bottom of the Yangtze river. The 125-foot-long wooden vessel, known as the…
Scientists in China have discovered 100-million-years-old fossilised turtle footprints, including one ‘among the world’s best preserved’. The rare discovery was made at the Huanglonggou fossil site, located in the eastern…
Astonished archaeologists have unearthed a Stone Age tomb under a school with the perfectly preserved skeleton of a middle-aged man. The ancient grave was first found by a mechanical digger…