A mass grave in Croatia holds dozens of skeletons, and genetic information reveals new clues about how they died.

Druids conducted the sacred equinox celebrations at Stonehenge [REUTERS/Jaimi Joy] Hundreds of people gathered at Stonehenge on Friday to mark the spring equinox. The ceremony celebrates the time of ...

Far less crowded than its famous neighbours, Lake Orta reveals an enchanting setting of lush mountains, picturesque villages and peaceful waters. A discreet treasure that deserves to be discovered.

Today, the Sahara is a 3.6-million-square-mile expanse of blistering sand, sweeping dunes, and barren rock. It defines the very concept of an inhospitable wasteland. Yet, hidden deep within the arid ...

Long before pottery, before agriculture, when the first villages took shape, people in the Levant were already molding clay ...

Charred hazelnut shells discovered at an archaeological site in Cornwall have pushed back the date for the arrival of the Neolithic period in the region by at least a century. New radiocarbon dating ...

Stonehenge is one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world and, certainly, the most famous example of what ...