Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Excavation work in Turkey’s ancient Olympus revealed intricate mosaic patterns and inscriptions at a church entrance. Known as ...

The remains of a 10-year-old biting on a stone have been unearthed by archaeologists in a fifth century Italian cemetery, evidence suggesting a “vampire burial” to prevent the child’s return from the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered Britain’s first 5th century Roman mosaic – a find of “enormous” historical significance which could change the way historians view the period it dates back to. The mosaic ...

An excavation in modern-day Turkey near what was once a Roman fortress revealed a pair of carved bone disk-shaped pieces likely used for a strategic board game. Each of the pieces is shaped the same, ...

Archaeologists in Spain got the surprise of a lifetime when they discovered the ruins of a powerful fifth-century fortress surrounded by a huge defensive wall in a dense forest, instead of the Iron ...

Huqoq mosaic, parting of the Red Sea (photo by Jim Haberman, all images courtesy UNC) Animals marching onto Noah’s Ark and the parting of the Red Sea feature in two mosaic floor panels discovered in a ...

A team of archaeologists and historians has proposed a new reading of an enigmatic slate found in Salamanca that could change the understanding of the presence of nomadic peoples in the Iberian ...

A mosaic adorning the entrance to a fifth-century church in Turkey’s ancient city of Olympus is both just the tip of the iceberg. The mosaic itself extends from the entrance to inside the church, and ...