Jun Yi Wong from the University of Toronto analysed broken statues of the pharaoh Hatshepsut and found that—contrary to some previous scholarship—they appear to have been damaged for “pragmatic and ritualistic reasons”

Experts have long wondered whether the layout of the temples, which were constructed between 3800BC and 2400BC, held specific meaning

Built by the Chachapoya civilisation, known as the “people of the cloud forest”, the structures are located within a Unesco Mixed World Heritage site 500km north of Lima

Scholars have speculated for centuries about the meaning behind the 15th-century codex and its peculiar illustrations

Analysis of aerial and satellite images has rapidly identified ancient sites, but human expertise is still essential in refining the outcomes

Long thought to be a fortress, Guiengola has been revealed as a sprawling city thanks to airborne lidar analysis

New study suggests rise of ancient city Tiwanaku coincided with major volcanic event in Lake Titicaca Basin's vicinity

The artefacts, found on the island of Bornholm, were "sown" into the ground in the hope of bringing back the sun and saving the crops, new research reveals

Analysis shows that clothing discovered in royal tombs of Vergina in Greece could be linked to the king rather than his father

The painstaking work of archaeologists has uncovered two lost tombs and rare medieval masons’ marks

Newly published research shows just how pervasive mercury—an essential element in the red cinnabar pigment favoured by the Maya—is at the site in Guatemala

Remains from Middle Kingdom era, along with coffins and funerary objects, were found at the bottom of a hidden shaft south of Cairo

The so-called “Hall of the Moche Imaginary” is one of two elaborately decorated spaces archaeologists recently uncovered at Pañamarca

Looting by armed groups has been reported at institutions in Sudan, including the National Museum

Multispectral imaging has uncovered that the baffling symbols in the 15th-century document—dubbed the world’s most mysterious manuscript—were scrutinised by its owner, a Prague doctor

Sixteen panels, thought to have been created 5,000 to 7,000 years ago, include rare depictions of sheep

Tiny cut marks found on lesions inside the skull suggest that physicians working thousands of years ago may have operated on tumours

The discovery of the L-shaped object was made in an ancient Egyptian elite cemetery beside the Great Pyramid of Khufu

The discovery, at the ancient site of Ucanal, is believed to reflect a political regime change in the 8th or 9th century

Depicting scenes from Greek mythology, the works were discovered in the banqueting room of a large house in the ancient Roman city

Archaeologists working at a Unesco World Heritage site in Agrigento have revealed the remains of a previously unknown building

The 4,750-year-old circular stone plaza has been under analysis since 2018

Archeologists exhumed the primates' skeletons from Egypt's Valley of the Monkeys to discover how they lived 2,500 years ago

A village in Brazil that was in use for around 500 years, until the 10th century, may have been laid out on a celestial schematic

Silence of pre-Hispanic past broken with discovery of dance platform that could imitate the rumbling of thunder

The 1,200-year-old complex, which includes a massive platform topped with a temple, is associated with the Wari civilisation that thrived from AD600 to AD1000

Around 55 messages composed by the monarch reveal her condition under captivity and negotiations for her release

New invisible technology is being used to generate electricity at the archaeological site—and will also be used for other historic buildings in Italy, Portugal and Croatia

Excavations at Tell Timai in northern Egypt has found remains from the failed Great Revolt against the Ptolemaic rulers

Stefan Guzy has scoured archives from the Holy Roman Empire and believes he has traced back the ownership of the mysterious cipher book