The integrity of a 4,000-year-old burial ground will be protected as part of the development of the East West Rail line. The site on Money Hill, between Haslingfield and Barrington in Cambridgeshire, ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his discovery of a nearly complete Australopithecus boisei skull (now Paranthropus ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. That would be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s been more than a decade since the ...

Ancient gravestone Santoro had found the unusual marble tablet beneath the undergrowth in the backyard of her "shotgun" house in the city's historic Carrollton neighborhood. The stone is about 12 ...

Amenhotep IV, also known as the Pharaoh Akhenaten, was destined to be remembered for his attempt at a religious conversion of ancient Egypt; one that saw the old gods put aside and replaced by a ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Jefferson Parish Judge Donald “Chick” Foret was suspended for 30 days without pay by the Louisiana Supreme Court for “exhibiting inappropriate judicial demeanor” and for failing ...

A telltale hint was on the bee’s knees. An analysis of 127 fossil flowers, flower buds and bees from central Germany revealed pollen particles that precisely matched ancient flowers to their ...

An excavation in Turkey has yielded not just artifacts — it's yielded millennia-old recipes that are bringing the flavors of Ancient Rome back to life. Archaeologists in Turkey recently completed digs ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Local Lafayette Parish voters gathered in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Lafayette ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on Louisiana v. Callais. The hearing, ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago. Analysis of lumps of birch bark tar from ...

HOMER, La. - A Claiborne Parish man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash, state police said in a news release. The victim was identified as Paul Hammon Jr., 66, of Homer. The crash ...

A thrift store in Canada was selling a collection of antique rings and medallions for about 20 US dollars when it learned the jewelry was from ancient times. A thrift shop in Canada called Thrifty ...