The “Tollund Man” is a 2,400-year-old marsh body and human sacrifice victim from the Iron Age, found at Bjældskovdal in Denmark. His body was so well preserved…

In 1903, in the Valley of the Kings, renowned archaeologist Howard Carter made a remarkable discovery that revealed one of the greatest legacies of ancient Egyptian civilization….

The long-lost coffin of Ramesses II, ancient Egypt’s most powerful pharaoh, has been found more than 3,000 years after his death. Archaeologists have re-examined a mysterious granite…

You may wish to see an introductory page to this section or a page about the foundation of Bulla and its main monuments first. House of the Hunt: main courtyard decorated…

This is the famous and elusive Horsetail “Firefall” in Yosemite National Park, but unlike every other image you may have seen—taken near sunset around February—the fire effect in…

Probably the wife of Amyntas I, king of Macedon. 5th Century B.C., Aigai, Greece. A skeleton with gold jewelry and several priceless decorative items discovered by archaeologists….