In a BBC archive clip, archaeologist Howard Carter describes the moment on 12 February 1924 when he and his team became the first people in 3,300 years to meet the Egyptian boy king.

Discover Colorado's strange discoveries, from ancient cliff dwellings to dinosaur mass graves and enigmatic petroglyphs, a journey through time.

Archaeology is fascinating stuff. Far from just digging around in the dust and dirt, archaeologists uncover clues about civilization’s past and make groundbreaking discoveries that can sometimes turn ...

From the storied shores of Scandinavia to the ancient cities of the Mediterranean, Europe is rich with remnants of its past. Roamed by early hunter-gatherers, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and many ...

Whether through thorough excavations or accidental discoveries, archaeology has unveiled a wide array of ancient civilisations, cultures and traditions across the globe. Buried beneath layers of time, ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ever sequenced. A mosaic death mask believed to have belonged to the Maya ...

Throughout human history, our understanding of the past has been reset countless times based on what we think we know at the time. The same goes for other incredible archaeological discoveries that ...