Researchers employed cutting-edge techniques including microwear analysis and Reflective Transformation Imaging to examine figurines housed at the Swedish History Museum, reports Archaeology Magazine.

After ancient artifacts are discovered, where do they go? Aside from a minority of pieces sitting in personal collections or artifacts being studied in the lab, many items make their way from a buried ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where not all newborns were born free or given burial. These are some of the ...

In the remote wilderness of Ontario, a small stone etched with strange symbols has sparked renewed debate among historians and archaeologists. Discovered by chance, the artifact may contain runes, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient pagan burial site in eastern Denmark believed to be connected to an elite Viking Age family that lived in the region more than 1,000 years ago. Thirty viking ...

A decorative box with gold thread and scissors was discovered at the site, according to the Moesgaard Museum. Photo by Moesgaard Museum. Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient pagan burial site in ...