A secret archaeological dig inside a Dutch church has led to drama worthy of Alexandre Dumas. Did Wim Dijkman really find the bones of the fourth musketeer? We may never know.

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Out searching with a metal detector in his hometown, Kalle Lappinen found a historical treasure buried in an unexpected location.

One archaeologist called the tombs “the discovery of the decade” as the first burials from the Chimu kingdom to have escaped centuries of plunder.

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A Mesopotamian culture’s decorated ceramics show some early roots of math, researchers argued.

The Justice Department told a court the government would only conduct archaeological excavation, a day after a Trump official announced the project was in motion.

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As blazes surge across Europe, the country is making a trade-off to protect its heritage by fireproofing sites at the risk of spoiling the surrounding landscape.

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The items include Egyptian statues and ancient Greek and Roman coins that date back 1,000 to 5,000 years, officials said.

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