Authorities say the 2,500-year-old coffins, found during excavations at the Saqqara necropolis, have likely remained unopened for millennia
The "Mary" departed Africa in mid-June 1796 with 142 enslaved men, women and children on board
If confirmed, the footfalls would represent the oldest evidence of Homo sapiens' presence on the Arabian Peninsula
The Supreme Court justice, who died at 87, "inspired women to believe in themselves," says the Smithsonian's Kim Sajet
A new study suggests Viking identity didn't always equate to Scandinavian ancestry
All that remains of several individuals buried in a 1,400-year-old graveyard are shadowy traces of their skeletons
The autonomous vessel's launch, originally scheduled to mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing at Plymouth, was delayed by the pandemic
Study suggests an adult man and a juvenile girl crafted the red ocher paintings seen at Spain's Los Machos rock shelter
Last fall, an archaeological investigation revealed tantalizing structures hidden below the 13th-century building
A controversial new analysis of the Nebra Sky Disc suggests the artifact dates to the Iron Age, not the Bronze Age
The 164-foot-wide earthwork is the sixth ancestral Wichita "council circle" discovered in the region
Citing the exhibit's reinforcement of "racist and stereotypical thinking," the Pitt Rivers Museum moved a total of 120 human remains into storage
Celebrating Ike's political, military accomplishments required compromise between the architect and the president’s family
The petrified forest in Borth appears in a myth written in the oldest surviving Welsh manuscript
Excavations at Tel Kabri in Israel revealed physical evidence of a natural disaster
A new book by historian David Nasaw tells the story of refugees who could not—or would not—return home after the conflict
Critics say the coach, which is set to go on view at a museum next June, features racist, colonialist imagery
Ancient soldiers may have used the oblong token to play "Ludus Latrunculorum," or the "Game of Mercenaries"
Divers discovered the Phoenix's hull in 1978, but the vessel's wheels remained lost—until now
Excavations at Bamburgh Castle uncovered the foundations of a circular dwelling dated to the Roman occupation of Britain
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