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Re-dating of Flagstones monument to about 3,200BC came after analysis by Exeter University and Historic EnglandA prehistoric burial site in Dorset is now thought to be the earliest known large circular enclosure in Britain prompting researchers to ques…
More than 450 artefacts from a waka found in pieces in the Chatham Islands expected to reveal new insights about Polynesian voyagingParts of a carved and decorated traditional ocean-going canoe (waka) found in the Chatham Islands, around 800km east of …
A GROUNDBREAKING discovery has unearthed mysterious tunnels which may have been sketched by Leonardo da Vinci over 500 years ago.
The Italian genius, who was a revolutionary mathematician but also an expert in military structures, may have…
Archaeologists suggest ‘woodhenge’ was built between 2600 and 1600BC on similar axis to English stone circleAn “extraordinary” timber circle believed to be thousands of years old and connected to Stonehenge in England has been discovered in the ground …
Archaeologist believes his ‘find of the century’ – of Pharaoh Thutmose II – could be surpassed by ongoing excavationTo uncover the location of one long-lost pharaoh’s tomb is a career-defining moment for an archaeologist. But to find a second is the st…
Uncovering tomb of Thutmose II hailed as most significant discovery since Tutankhamun in 1922It was when British archaeologist Dr Piers Litherland saw that the ceiling of the burial chamber was painted blue with yellow stars that he realised he had jus…
A TOMB of an Egyptian pharaoh has been uncovered for the first time since Tutan-khamun’s more than 100 years ago — thanks to a Scot.
Archaeologist Piers Litherland has been hailed for his “extraordinary” discovery of the original resting…
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have announced the discovery of the first royal tomb since Tutankhamen was uncovered more than 100 years ago.
The long-lost burial place of King Thutmose II was fou…
AN INCREDIBLE lost city has been found deep inside a dense jungle after being left untouched for 1,000 years.
The fascinating discovery led scientists to believe the ancient Mayan city once had giant 50ft pyramids and even a sports pitch covering th…
Dramatic reconstructions of local people who lived up to 4,000 years ago are now on display thanks to advanced DNA techniquesA Bronze Age woman who suffered lower back pain 4,000 years ago and an Iron Age Pictish man who lived a life of hard labour 1,5…