Archaeologist Ruairi Ó’Baoill of Queen’s University Belfast said that the work, which was open to the local community, ...

DONEGAL, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND—A slab of bog butter weighing nearly 50 pounds was discovered by a farmer digging a drain in a bog near Ireland’s northwestern coastline, according to a report in ...

GERSTETTEN, GERMANY—According to a report in The Independent, a 1,700-year-old grave was discovered in southern Germany during a construction project. The grave contained the remains of a 60 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA—Live Science reports that prehistoric burials have been discovered in Malaysia’s Nenggiri Valley. Zuliskandar Ramli of the National University of Malaysia said that the ...

LUND, SWEDEN—According to a Phys.org report, Mikael Fauvelle of Lund University and his colleagues suggest that Scandinavia’s hunter-gatherers belonging to what is known as the Pitted Ware ...

When you were a child, you probably had toys such as plastic or porcelain dolls and plush, furry animals that may have included mythical beings such as unicorns. You may have created skits in ...

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—According to a Xinhua report, a sandstone door guardian statue, or Dvarapala, has been uncovered near the second gate at the Banteay Prei temple in northwestern Cambodia’s ...

ULYTAU, KAZAKHSTAN—Ten medieval burial mounds, or kurgans, have been discovered in central Kazakhstan, according to a Live Science report. Archaeologist Zhanbolat Utubaev of the Margulan ...

Pit grave (foreground) in the Philadelphia necropolis Papyrus with Euripides fragments ...

READING, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by the University of Reading, excavations at the site of a monastery in southeastern England have uncovered another 20 intact Anglo-Saxon burials.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—According to a CBS News report, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston has repatriated a 2,700-year-old necklace made of gold and carnelian to Turkey. Purchased from a London art ...