In 1532, in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro and a group of Europeans took the Inca ruler Atahualpa hostage, setting the stage for the fall of the Inca Empire.

Archaeologists have just uncovered a stunning ancient geometric miracle tunnel hidden deep beneath the ruins of Taposiris Magna in Egypt. This breaking archaeology news reveals a massive, ...

The wreck, laden with dozens of preserved amphorae, was located during a routine patrol near Gallipoli in the Apulia region.

The two silver amulet scrolls date to 600 BC and are inscribed with the priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24–26. They were ...

LAGFF concluded its successful inaugural documentary festival, LAGFF-doc on February 1 with a Closing Night Orpheus Awards ...

A familiar portrait of Anne Boleyn has just yielded an unfamiliar secret. Infrared scanning and tree-ring dating suggest an Elizabethan artist deliberately altered the so-called “Hever Rose” portrait ...

An archaeological dig has uncovered items from a leather workshop that existed more than 500 years ago, experts believe.

The new film, “Aanikoobijigan [ancestor/great-grandparent/great-grandchild]”, follows one campaign in Michigan and ...

Cookham Abbey in Berkshire, once ruled by Mercian Queen Cynethryth more than 1,200 years ago, has received a £249,755 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The funding will support a ...

Long before the North Sea existed, a vast landscape of rivers, forests, and plains connected Britain to continental Europe. Drawing on archaeology, geology, and climate science, this documentary ...

Ashay Yegde, who reports for the BBC in India, recently travelled to meet the Kalbeliya to hear their story. AI-generated ...

Two people are being sought to join the Committee for Education Sport & Culture at the States of Guernsey as non-voting members. The roles would involve providing the committee with subject-matter ...