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May 16, 2018

Earliest version of our alphabet possibly discovered

The earliest example of our alphabet — a possible mnemonic phrase that helped someone remember "ABCD" — has been discovered on a 3,400-year-old inscribed piece of pottery from ancient Egypt, a scholar believes.

May 14, 2018

Extraordinary Pompeii discovery: Racehorse remains found among ancient city's ruins

Archaeologists have unearthed the final resting place of an ancient racehorse among the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy.

May 14, 2018

Stonehenge secret revealed? Scientist suggests new theory about ancient site

The ingenuity of our stone-age ancestors never ceases to amaze.

May 14, 2018

180 million-year-old crocodile had dolphin-like features, tells tale of 'missing link'

The discovery of an ancient type of crocodile that lived during the Jurassic Period, at the height of the age of dinosaurs, has shed new light on the species.

May 8, 2018

Are these Neanderthal etchings a long-lost message?

A Neanderthal seems to have left a message etched in stone about 35,000 years ago, a new study finds.

May 7, 2018

King Tut mystery solved: No 'hidden chamber' in famous tomb, experts say

Archaeologists have harnessed sophisticated radar scanning technology to disprove the contentious theory that secret rooms are hidden inside King Tutankhamun's burial chamber.

May 4, 2018

King of rage: Henry VIII’s bloodthirsty letter demands monk’s brutal death

The bloodthirsty draft of a letter by King Henry VIII in which he demands a monk’s violent death is set to go on public display.

May 4, 2018

MH370 search discovers shipwrecks, offers clues to 19th-century maritime mysteries

The search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370, which has been missing for more than four years, has led to the discovery of two 19th-century shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean.

May 3, 2018

King David's city discovered? Ancient site linked to biblical kingdom, archaeologists say

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered an ancient site that may offer fresh insight into the ancient biblical kingdom of David and Solomon.

May 3, 2018

Jawbone from Hiroshima bomb victim shows massive amount of radiation a person may have absorbed

A jawbone from a victim of the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, showed a massive amount radiation people may have absorbed as a result.