Silver was the Vikings’ treasure of choice. Their affinity for the metal gives discoveries of silver artifacts significant ...

These Anglo-Saxon accessories were recovered from the side of a hill in England and may be from a hoard, a ritual deposit or ...

Included in the haul is a cannon, two porcelain cups, and three gold and bronze coins.

Unlike most Anglo-Saxon gold hoards, which are typically recovered from burial contexts alongside human remains and other grave goods, these objects were found scattered across a slope with no ...

Archaeologists in the United Kingdom recently unearthed 1,000-year-old treasure in an unusual location: a construction site for a nuclear power plant. Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) announced the ...

The discovery’s highlight was a 247-pound cannon from the Ming dynasty, but archaeologists also found remains of crops and ...

Reports of archaeologists opening an untouched pyramid chamber overflowing with treasure have raced across social feeds, framed as a once‑in‑a‑lifetime discovery that rewrites Egyptian history. When I ...

The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

Archaeologists recently stumbled across a medieval pagan cult site in the Netherlands where they found a bounty of treasure. The findings were published in the journal Medieval Archaeology. According ...

According to Etruscan tradition, an area struck by lightning was considered auspicious and worthy of burying valuable objects. So it continues to prove in San Casciano dei Bagni, an ancient thermal ...

Thanks to the creative application of new technologies, the 2020s are quietly shaping up to be a golden age of archaeology. Analysis of ancient DNA has resolved long-debated questions about human ...

Two new exhibitions at the Museum of Sydney put local archaeology on show, and invite visitors to hunt for relics.