Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of what may be the world’s first surgery: a Viking-age human skull with a portion removed. The remains, belonging to a man between 17 and 24 years old, feature ...

Throughout musical history, countless instruments have faced extinction, victims of changing tastes, industrialization, and the passage of time. While some vanished completely, others survived by the ...

A mound of earth in west Cumbria could contain a lost Viking king called Ivarr the Boneless, an archaeologist claims. Ivarr - also known as The Legless or The Dragon - founded a Viking dynasty in ...

The man who runs Disney's theme parks is about to run the whole company. The Walt Disney Company said Tuesday that theme parks chief Josh D'Amaro will succeed Bob Iger as chief executive, bringing an ...

Archaeology is the study of the artefacts and other physical evidence left by past societies of humans and closely related species. It uses scientific analysis of field samples to inform historical ...

Anthropology is the study of humans, their close relatives and their cultural environment. Subfields of anthropology deal with hominin evolution and the comparative study of extant and past cultures.

Pyu Ancient Cities includes the remains of three brick, walled and moated cities of Halin, Beikthano and Sri Ksetra located in vast irrigated landscapes in the dry zone of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) ...