The discovery of part of the 325-year-old Beaucours palisade was a reminder that North America’s best-preserved fortified city still has secrets to reveal. Continue reading →

Archeologists have unearthed a fresco in Pompeii depicting the Spartan Queen Leda in an intimate moment with the god Jupiter, disguised as a swan. Continue reading →

The outlines of ancient civilizations are emerging from once-green fields in rain-starved Wales. Continue reading →

In doing repair work, experts found a smaller, older temple inside that probably dates to 1150 to 1200. Continue reading →

The tomb was found in a wider area of Giza’s western necropolis, which is known to be home to tombs from the Old Kingdom. Continue reading →

Archeologists believe the mummies belonged to immigrants from the first wave of Chinese who travelled to Peru in the mid-19th century to work in the country’s booming sugar and cotton industries. Continue reading →

An ancient Roman neighbourhood was discovered on a site awaiting construction in Sainte-Colombe, near the southeastern city of Lyon in France. Continue reading →

Parks Canada has referred to the project as rescue archaeology because coastal erosion is threatening to wash away much of the 18th-century burial site. Continue reading →

Scholars believe the chamber might hold as many as 32 mummies, including mummies of women and children. Continue reading →