The archaeologists eventually plan to excavate the new tomb, which is located near the tomb of the pharaoh Ay in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, according to Live Science. “We are sure there is a tomb there, but we do ...

A 1,600-year-old Roman sarcophagus with an open lid was discovered at a construction site near Borough Market in central London. Scientists think that the remains in the coffin belong to a mother after a baby’s bones were found in the ...

Paleontologists with the San Diego Natural History Museum discovered the remains of the elephant-like animal more than 20 years ago. But it wasn’t until now that scientists were able to accurately date the findings, and possibly rewrite the history of ...

The incredible haul was found in an ancient noble’s tomb on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor, Joinfo.com reports with reference to MailOnline. Little is known about who the mummies belong to, but the team says it ...

An interior corridor and a block engraved with 10 hieroglyphic lines were among the finds at the Dahshur royal necropolis, south of Cairo, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. The ministry said they were in very good condition and ...

The discovered prints top a dinosaur footprint found in the Mongolian desert, reported last year, that measured 106cm, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ABC Australia. The scientific description of the 1.7-metre footprints has been published by University of Queensland vertebrate ...

Rock carvings depicting masked men dancing around an ostrich in a 6,000-year-old hunting ritual have been discovered in Egypt, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Daily Mail. The artwork, which is from the fourth millennium BC, was engraved into rock in the ...

Archaeologists from Egypt and Germany have found an eight-meter (26ft) statue submerged in groundwater in a Cairo slum that they say probably depicts revered Pharaoh Ramses II, who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...

The astonishing findings show our ancient ancestors Neanderthals used plants to relieve toothache and stomach bugs before the discovery of aspirin or penicillin, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Metro. Ancient DNA found in the dental plaque of Neanderthals – our ...

Daniel Kristiansen and his father, Klaus, discovered what’s believed to be a Messerschmitt fighter plane buried in a field on their farm near Birkelse in northern Denmark. “We went out to the field with a metal detector,” Klaus Kristiansen told ...

Two treasure seekers have unearthed jewellery which could be the oldest Iron Age gold ever discovered in Britain, according to Daily Mail Online. The collection, which has been named the Leekfrith Iron Age Torcs, was found in December on farmland ...

Melbourne based archaeological virtual reality startup, Lithodomos VR, has closed a $900,000 AUD (679,500 USD) seed funding round, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Haptic. The company is co-founded by two archeologists with the aim to create archaeologically accurate reconstructions of ...

The intact footings of two town houses and a third building that could be anything from an outhouse to a high-status dining room had lain undisturbed for up to 1,600 years before they were found using ground-penetrating radar in Chichester, ...

The head was spotted at Hongmen Reservoir, Nancheng County in the city of Fuzhou, at the end of last year when a hydropower gate renovation project lowered water levels in the reservoir by more than 10 meters, Joinfo.com reports with ...

Ötzi is the name given to a 5,300-year-old mummy found frozen in a European glacier in 1991. He was killed by an arrow when he was between 40 and 50 years old and hiking across the Ötztal Alps between modern-day ...