The 1,400 year-old "sand burials" of two people and a horse were found near a nuclear power plant construction site in the ...

The 1,100-year-old burials of three elite warriors — two of whom were possibly father and son — have been discovered in ...

Restoration efforts at the Church of Saint Philibert in France led to the discovery of a forgotten staircase and a ...

Archaeologists in Denmark have unearthed more than 50 “exceptionally well preserved” skeletons in a large Viking-era burial ground in the east of the country. A team from Museum Odense have spent the ...

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

The Menga dolmen in Antequera, Spain, is a Neolithic monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. The monument, built ...

A Neolithic monument with two Islamic burials that took into account the design of the dolmen reveals how the ancient ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAIRO (AP) — Egypt unveiled several ...

A burial mound in Turkey may have held the remains of a member of King Midas's family. But not all experts are convinced.

Bodies go to "back to earth" after being buried closer to surface in bio-degradable casket or shroud with no grave stones ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a series of bizarre ancient burials in France. The burials came to light during an excavation related to the restructuring of a school in the city of Dijon, which is ...