Dating back to 5000 BCE, Carrowmore in County Sligo is one of Europe’s oldest and largest megalithic cemeteries. With more ...

A new study led by researchers from University College Dublin challenges previous claims that an incestuous social elite ruled over ancient Ireland 5,500 years ago. The researchers question the belief ...

Egypt on Saturday opened a tomb of a pharaoh for visitors after more than two decades of renovation in the southern city of Luxor, as it prepares for the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum ...

JERUSALEM — Preliminary findings from the investigation into the site where the body of Jesus Christ is traditionally believed to have been buried appear to confirm that portions of the tomb ...

Amateur archaeological sleuth Kathleen Martinez’s quest to find Cleopatra’s tomb took her to a temple complex known as Taposiris Magna, which is located 25 miles west of Alexandria, Egypt. Could it be ...

Maynard Owen Williams was National Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and in 1923 he was on hand for an event the entire world was eagerly anticipating—the opening of King Tut's burial chamber.

A 4,000-year-old pharaonic painting has vanished from Egypt’s famed Saqqara necropolis, the latest artefact to disappear in mysterious circumstances. The limestone relief appeared to have been cut out ...

A road project in Shanxi Province uncovered a Tang dynasty tomb from 736 AD, adorned with murals depicting daily life, including grinding flour, making pasta, and leading horses. The paintings feature ...

Six tombs at a church are being carefully restored to show off some of the medieval paintwork which once decorated them. The work is happening at St Bartholomew's church in Tong, Shropshire, which is ...

The tomb of former French justice minister Robert Badinter, who is set to be inducted into the country’s Panthéon national monument Thursday, was vandalized in a cemetery close to Paris, officials ...

Police officers work at Bagneux cemetery after the grave of former French justice minister Robert Badinter was vandalized on the day of his induction into the Pantheon, in Bagneux, near Paris, France, ...

A limestone pharaonic art piece has gone missing from Egypt’s famed Saqqara necropolis, Egyptian antiquities officials said. It comes weeks after a famous golden bracelet was snatched from the ...