The nearly complete skull of Bastetodon was unearthed in the Jebel Qatrani geological formation, in the heart of the Fayoum Desert. This region, once covered by vast swamps and tropical forests, is ...

The skull and bones of the young woman buried overlooking ... who used cutting-edge 3D technology and forensic techniques to give the ancient woman a face for the first time in millennia.

In the fossil-rich sands of the Faiyum Oasis in Egypt, archaeologists have uncovered one of the most complete skulls ever found ... inspiration from Bastet, the ancient leonine Egyptian goddess ...

Among the ruins of ancient cities scattered across northeastern Spain, archaeologists have uncovered a grisly yet fascinating relic of the past: severed human skulls, pierced with iron nails ...

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) announced work had begun at Caerlaverock Castle, near Dumfries, on the staircase and north west tower of the ancient building on Monday. HES added that access to ...

A recent study found a nearly complete skull in Antarctica that may belong to an ancient ancestor of ducks and geese called Vegavis iaai. This species lived around 68 million years ago.

Researchers in Spain analyzed seven severed Iberian skulls that had a nail driven through them to determine who this intriguing funerary practice was for.

Three of the most important documents in English legal history have gone on display together at Lincoln Castle. The exhibition includes the Magna Carta, dating from 1215; the Charter of the Forest ...

A recent study has revealed new insights into a mysterious ancient ritual involving severed ... Reports, focused on skulls found at two archaeological sites: Ullastret and Puig Castellar.

The most famous landmark in Colchester is its Norman castle, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Built in 1076, it was William the Conqueror’s first stone castle in England, constructed ...

The water-bound fort on an abandoned artificial island in the Gulf of Finland holds an eerie past. Fort Alexander I, also known as the "Plague Fort" near St Petersburg in Russia was built in 1845 ...

Before Hokkaido was Hokkaido, it was known to mainland Japan as Ezo. Further back still, indigenous Ainu communities referred to the northern expanse as Ainu Mosir, a name they had used for untold ...