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A tomb yields more than 80 mummies and skeletons -- many belonging to babies.
The first physical evidence is found of Bethlehem's existence centuries before the town became known as Jesus' birthplace.
The ship's wood has nearly disintegrated, but a copper sheathing remains, along with a variety of artifacts.
A mummy that was thought to be one of the ancient god Min's priests is actually the remains of another man.
A virtual trip through Egypt's Giza Plateau includes aerial 3D views, cross sections of the ground and passages through walls.
An excavagation in a 3,000-year-old city yields evidence of an ancient religion.
They were bigger than today's crocs -- big enough to swallow a human.
These British-made planes helped win the war for the allies, but now the finder could lose them.
Traces of blood are found on the 5,300-year-old frozen mummy, revealing he did not die immediately.
The seal, bearing a name similar to the Prime Minister, was found within the remains of a building dating to the First Temple period.
His body showed telltale signs that he suffered from Hand-Schuller-Christian disease.
An Italian expert identified a sculpture in a museum as depicting the twin children of Cleopatra and Mark Antony.
A tomb found in Jerusalem appears to be inscribed with Jonah and a fish, but the translation is in question.
A series of 59 boulders placed at a seaside cliff in Sweden might represent Stonehenge's "sister" site.
The tourist-baiting legion of sword-swishing, faux gladiators were warned that they will no longer be allowed to hang out at the 2,000-year-old monument.
The finely carved circles of the Trundholm sun chariot may convey a hidden Bronze Age calendar.
The common cow's early ancestors were large and nasty and only a small pool were domesticated.
The stash of some 30,000 coins dates to 270 A.D., a time of great upheaval when the Roman empire was threatened by civil war and invasion.
A broken cosmetic jar, buttons and fragments of rouge from a woman's compact are just some of the clues pointing to the theory that Earhart survived as a castaway for a period.
Scientists have unveiled a new satellite observation technique for mapping early human settlements in Mesopotamia, the so-called "cradle of civilization."
The verdict comes at the end of a trial concerning a casket claimed to have held the remains of the brother of Jesus.
The venison-loving Red Deer Cave People had an unusual mix of primitive and modern features.
The search for a Leonardo Da Vinci masterpiece reveals intriguing traces of paint that was also used in the Mona Lisa.
Explore the evidence for the lost tomb of Jesus, and learn about his extended family, in this interactive.
A 2,600-year-old bronze helmet is found in the waters of Haifa Bay, in Israel.
The 5,300-year-old ice mummy from the Alps appears to have had the oldest known case of Lyme disease.
Investigators have found what could be the earliest evidence of a Christian iconography in Jerusalem.
A 17-ton trove of silver coins recovered from a Spanish ship sunk by British warships in 1804 returns to Spain.
The colorful pebble bearing a sequence of lines dates back 100,000 years and may be the first evidence of abstract art.
A stick figure man with a giant phallus dubbed "the little horny man" is the oldest rock carving found yet in the Americas.
The carvings show symbols of death and crude representations in line with the Aztecs' bloody rituals.
An archaeologist believes she may have discovered an ancient mine that may lead to where the Queen of Sheba drew her wealth.
An ancient holy place in Egypt once known as the "Terrace of the Great God" reveals a wealth of new discoveries, from animal mummiesand human remains to a rare wooden statue.
Britain's largest space rock -- excavated 200 years ago by an archaeological dig -- was also preserved by the Ice Age.
The structure was found in England and may have been used as a temple.
The 2,000 year-old ivory fragments feature engravings of signs of the zodiac.
Traces of a very strong form of tobacco were discovered inside a 1,300-year-old flask.
This tiny bread stamp could prove a Jewish community existed during the Christian-Byzantine period.
The finding shows that brucellosis has been in Albania since at least the Middle Ages.
The centuries-old pipe mouthpiece may have been used for hashish and bears the words, "love is language for the lovers."
