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Viking-Age Mass Burial Unearthed Near Cambridge Reveals Brutal Deaths and a Trepanned Giant

Forthcoming tests aim to pin down the men's origins to explain how the pit formed.

Storms Reveal 2,000-Year-Old Footprints on Scottish Beach Before Tides Erase Them

Study of 5,500-Year-Old Gotland Graves Finds Co-Burials Were Often Extended Kin

12,000-Year-Old Sewn Hide From Oregon Caves Is Oldest Yet, Study Finds

150-Year-Old Sealed Bottle From Utah Mining Site Tastes Like Beer as Lab Tests Loom

Italy Brings Art Within Reach for Blind Visitors With Tactile Tours, Braille and Audio Guides

Oldest Known Handheld Wooden Tools, 430,000 Years Old, Unearthed in Greece

New Study Points to Human Transport of Stonehenge’s Bluestones, Not Glaciers

67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencil in Indonesian Cave Sets New Oldest Rock Art Record

3D/AI Study Finds Shroud of Turin Image Fits Low-Relief Sculpture, Not Draped Body

Digital Imaging Exposes 79 New Graffiti in Pompeii’s Theatre Corridor

New Mineral Evidence Rules Out Glacial Delivery of Stonehenge Stones

Hand Stencil in Indonesian Cave Dated to at Least 67,800 Years, Oldest Known Cave Painting

Digital Imaging Reveals 79 New Inscriptions on Pompeii’s Theatre Corridor

British Museum Logs Record 79,616 Public Finds in 2024, Driven by Detectorists

Italy Confirms Discovery of Vitruvius’s Long-Sought Basilica in Fano

Fano Excavation Confirms Remains of Vitruvius’s Basilica

Saudi Cave Cheetah Mummies Reveal Two Lineages, Informing Reintroduction Plans

Police Confirm Human Remains Found Near Emley Woodland

Human Remains Exposed Near Nash Point Remain in Place Weeks After Christmas Find