In 2010, a metal detectorist's unexpected find in an English field turned out to be a rare 2,000-year-old Roman parade helmetA Roman cavalry parade helmet, the Crosby Garrett Helmet, was discovered in Cumbria in 2010. This elaborately decorated artifact, dating ba...
21 May, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
This Cold War Bunker Was Hidden for Decades Beneath a Medieval Castle, Until Someone Finally Found ItArchaeologists unearthed a hidden Cold War nuclear bunker at Scarborough Castle in March 2026. Built in the early 1960s, it served the Roya...
28 Mar, 2026, 04.20 PM IST
Ancient skull reveals homo sapiens may be much older than thoughtAn ancient skull, worn and broken over millennia, has prompted a significant rethink of human evolution. Using high-resolution 3D imaging, ...
26 Sep, 2025, 09.11 PM IST
Did humans really live in the UAE 210,000 years ago? Cave discovery at Jebel Faya could rewrite human historyArchaeological discoveries in Sharjah's Jebel Faya rock shelter have unearthed 80,000-year-old stone tools, the oldest Middle Paleolithic a...
26 Jun, 2025, 09.33 PM IST
Keeladi finds, backed by radiocarbon dating, unveil thriving 6th-century BCE settlement in Tamil NaduExcavations at Keeladi in Madurai reveal a 6th-century BCE urban settlement, contemporary with the Gangetic plains, showcasing a sophistica...
13 Jun, 2025, 05.23 PM IST
Dino footprint site unearthedBritain discovers its largest-ever dinosaur footprint site in Oxfordshire, revealing 200 footprints from sauropods and megalosaurus dating ...
04 Jan, 2025, 09.15 PM IST
300,000-year-old 'giant stone tools' discovered in KentA senior geo-archaeologist at the UCL Institute of Archaeology named Letty Ingrey describes the tools as ‘giants’ when they are anywhere ab...
06 Jul, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
Definition of treasure may change. What does it mean?The definition of treasure is likely to change as the government plans to lay new amendments in Parliament.
18 Feb, 2023, 06.14 PM IST
What lies beyond the walls? 3,300 yrs on, King Tut's tomb continues to entrap EgyptologistsKing Tut died long ago, but the debate about his tomb rages on.
04 Dec, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
North and South blocks museum to showcase ‘Making of India’From Bhimbetka caves in MP to India’s freedom struggle, museum will showcase different aspects of India — from 10,000 BC to 1947 CE
03 Nov, 2021, 11.20 PM IST
The Spectator! One of Shakespeare's first theatres uncovered in the UKThe excavation showed that the rectangular theatre was built for performance and entertainment.
17 Nov, 2016, 06.39 PM IST
Sounds of oldest stars in Milky Way capturedThe researchers from the University of Birmingham in the UK reported the detection of resonant acoustic oscillations of stars in 'M4'.
07 Jun, 2016, 12.53 PM IST
Early human ancestors were cannibals, says studySome early humans in England were cannibals who ate human flesh, gnawed on bones and split them to feast on the marrow inside, a new study ...
20 Apr, 2015, 03.25 PM IST