Is it a child’s toy? A weapon? Or just something that looked cool on an ancient Roman bookcase? These small hollow objects (one is pictured above), made of copper alloy with 12 flat pentagonal faces, ...

A metallic, pot-like artifact that reportedly was unearthed from a pile of rocks by workers who were building St. Peter’s Church on Bowdoin Street 174 years ago continues to be the source of ...

Imagine stumbling upon an object so strange, so impossible to explain, that it throws everything you thought you knew about the past into question. We’re not talking about dusty pottery or ancient ...

A bargain hunter recently spotted ancient artifacts, including rings and medallions, that were up for sale for a mere $30. The customer noticed the treasures at a thrift store in Chilliwack, Canada, ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a mysterious Roman-era settlement site in Germany, complete with building remains and hundreds of artifacts dating back nearly two millennia. The Schafbreite site, ...

The researchers had two AIs play a large number of ancient European board games, including Scandinavia’s Haretavl and Italy’s ...

Answer: Archaeology is the scientific study of human history and prehistory through the excavation and analysis of artifacts, structures and other remains. It encompasses a wide range of periods and ...

Archaeology is meant to help us understand our past. But sometimes it throws up objects that are so unusual, so advanced or so baffling that we can’t be sure what they really are or what they were ...