We see a large burial that's been excavated in a dirt area. There is a skeleton at the bottom. Archaeologists in Germany have discovered the grave of a Frankish warrior who was buried with his weapons ...

Archaeologists in central Hungary have uncovered a cluster of richly furnished graves that once held a small group of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A sharp sword lodged deep within a sewer caught the eye of a pipe layer and an engineer working ...

The body lay hidden under the mud for centuries. It was discovered during an underwater inspection of Dubingiai bridge in eastern Lithuania's Lake Asveja. The bridge is set to undergo repair works so ...

Ancient swords, elaborate daggers, even early artillery — 2020 turned up a number of intriguing ancient weapons that tell the story of the violence of the past. These discoveries cover hundreds of ...

DNA analysis found that whoever was buried could have had XXY chromosomes, meaning a mix of male and female chromosomes, which some may have called or identified as non-binary. The grave of an Iron ...

War photographers typically wear flak jackets in combat zones. While covering the Battle of the Nations in Serbia this May, Alessandro D’Angelo opted for a medieval-style tunic and hat—though ...

A recent study led by Dr. Balázs Tihanyi and his colleagues, published in PLOS ONE, has led to the positive identification of the first-known female burial with weapons in the 10th-century Carpathian ...

THE remains of a suspected medieval soldier surrounded by weapons have been found submerged in a Lithuanian lake. It’s thought the watery grave became the male soldier’s final resting place over 500 ...