Norway's Viking Age landscapes including ship burial mounds could soon earn global recognition if authorities get their way.

A Viking Age burial mound in Norway long thought to be empty actually holds an incredible artifact: the remains of a ship burial, according to a ground-penetrating radar analysis. The remains, which ...

Archaeologists in Croatia have discovered a 2,500-year-old metal helmet within an Illyrian burial mound that may have been a votive offering or part of a cult practice. The helmet was unearthed in a ...

Radar scans confirmed a long-standing theory: a grassy hill in Gloppen is actually a mysterious ancient burial mound, officials said. Photo from the University Museum of Bergen, via Norway’s National ...

Archaeologists found a 5,300-year-old burial mound, or long barrow, with 30 graves during highway construction near Lípa, photos show. Photo from the Department of Archaeology at the University of ...

Archaeologists detected an Iron Age monumental grave in Switzerland that possibly once contained bronze items and held an ...

PARKERSBURG – The Grave Creek Mound has been an interesting place in the Moundsville area for many years, an archaeologist told a crowd gathered Sunday at the Blennerhassett Museum in Parkersburg. In ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an Iron Age cemetery around an earlier prehistoric burial mound in Germany. The remains were discovered close to the River Weser in the Minden-Lübbecke district of North ...

A massive, ancient burial mound in northern Minnesota, closed to the public eight years ago, may once again welcome visitors to learn about the sacred site. The Minnesota Historical Society is ...

Archaeologists in Turkey uncover a 2,800-year-old royal tomb with a funeral feast, clues to Phrygian power, and links to King ...

A listener noticed an odd detail on an old map. Curious City investigated whether it was the site of an ancient burial mound. In 2017, Curious City published a map of early 1800s Native American ...