The deposition of the coins suggests a possible burial ritual or a voluntary deposit, potentially related to the abandonment of the hamlet during the Viking Age. The village appears to have been ...

China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect millions ...

Archaeologists from the University of California, Santa Cruz, discovered traces of this previously unknown burial ritual practiced by the Moche approximately 1,500 years ago. The tomb, unearthed ...

An excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like female genitalia. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

More than 250 Neolithic burial-ritual sites endure across Wales and his book focuses on 100 sites where “significant” remains can still be seen. Dr Nash is a specialist in prehistoric and contemporary ...

More than 250 Neolithic burial-ritual sites endure across Wales and his book focuses on 100 sites where "significant" remains can still be seen. Dr Nash is a specialist in prehistoric and ...

A crowd of people gathered Monday to participate in a year-end Shinto ritual in Osaka, western Japan, to laugh off all the bad memories of the past year. The annual event took place at Hiraoka ...

China said on Sunday it was taking countermeasures against two Canadian institutions and 20 people involved in human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and Tibet. The measures, which took effect ...

Thousands of people including pagans, druids and dancers have gathered at the ancient Stonehenge monument for the winter solstice, marking the shortest day of the year. During sunrise at 8.09am ...

Sky News speaks with tourist Liam Clowes who witnessed the attack, saying: "It was travelling at 30 to 40mph through people, people are going over the car". He added, "if we had been 15 yards ...