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

The Royal Tombs of Ur, discovered in the 1920s, contained some of the most elaborate burials in the ancient world. But who ...

A crown was left with the deceased, but its position indicated her reign may not have ended the way she would have liked.

Officials responsible for the burial grounds of Buganda's former kings have been urged to strengthen protection of these sacred sites and the land surrounding them.

The opening of a richly furnished ancient grave in Greece has turned a routine excavation into a gripping reconstruction of ...

Two University of Houston professors' discovery of a Mayan ruler's tomb was named one of the top 10 finds of 2025 by ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

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

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

Cemeteries in Greece and beyond reveal how societies use art, monuments, and rituals to honor the dead and reflect on life.

This feature traces the afterlife of Tipu Sultan beyond the battlefield — from the grandeur of the Jamboo Savari and his ...

Archaeologists also discovered the burial of a four-year-old child in close proximity to the woman. The child was crowned with a bronze diadem adorned with small rosettes and dates to the same time ...