Not the skeleton, but the sentence concealed at his throat changed. In digging up a Roman-era grave field on Heilmannstrasse in Frankfurt-Praunheim, the labor appeared not at all unfamiliar: ...

A modern hospital site in Constanța opened a far older chapter beneath its foundations. What began as routine archaeological ...

Archaeologists in Central Europe recently uncovered an ancient grave – reopened not by modern looters, but by medieval Poles over 1,000 years ago. The excavation took place at the Nowy Chorów cemetery ...

Beneath the modern streets of Zadar, Croatia's oldest continuously inhabited city, archaeologists are piecing together a remarkable record of ancient life and death. Recent excavations have confirmed ...

A Roman necropolis with more than 3,000 tombs has been uncovered beneath Zadar, Croatia, revealing centuries of burial ...

Archaeologists excavating in Rome's Ostiense necropolis found three skeletons with iron nails on their chests, hinting at a ...

IZNIK, Turkey — Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era: a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd.” The painting was ...

An exquisite gold necklace from the seventh century C.E. has been found in England at the burial site of a powerful woman who was interred some 1,300 years ago, according to the Associated Press. The ...

Travelers on the A47 highway in Britain have been zipping past a uniquely Roman-era burial practice for years without even knowing it. But during recent roadwork, a team of archaeologists from ...

Deep below the streets of Rome lie the ancient catacombs where early Christians buried their dead and sustained hope for eternal life. About the same time as the persecution of Decius, middle of the ...