Part of a human skull found on a Northern California beach more than 32 years ago was just identified as a woman who went ...

New research is finding that some women in Viking Age Scandinavia were buried with war-grade weapons. Experts are divided ...

Archaeologists working at the Cueva de Sangre site in Guatemala have discovered an unusual ancient Maya ritual.

Where was Jesus Christ buried after his crucifixion? According to the Bible, a man named Joseph of Arimathea was granted ...

Dozens of skeletons buried in a 3,700-year-old cemetery in China show evidence ... and one who had chop marks on his lower ...

A forensic artist has recreated the face of the Roman gladiator who was mauled by a lion in York. Last week, scientists ...

Given the skull’s burial location at the basilica where other kings were also buried, researchers suspect the only likely ...

“To test the theory, Emese’s team built a 3D model and completed a full scientific plastic facial reconstruction of the skull ...

Pope Francis, who died April 21, will be buried today in Rome, with a funeral Mass presided over by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals. In accordance with his personal ...

Popes are usually buried within Vatican City, beneath St. Peter’s Basilica. But Francis will be the first pontiff in more than a century to be buried outside the Vatican, as he requested a ...

There, they found what the sheriff's office called suspicious circumstances and discovered a body buried on the property. "We saw indications at the scene that were indicative that something had ...