The mystery of Japan's mummified "rainbow dragon" was recently solved by researchers. The skeleton dates back to the 11th or 12th century and was found in Nara.

Goliath was a mighty Philistine warrior who appears as a giant in the Bible and was an enemy of the Israelites whom David killed.

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

A team of archaeologists have unearthed a huge hoard of silver coins dating to the 11th century AD in Germany.

A ceremony was held on May 18 to celebrate the £150,000 restoration of the church bells at Fornham St Martin, near Bury St ...

Moscow - Archaeologists have found three 11th century wax tablets containing copies of Christian psalms which may be the oldest written artefacts ever found in Russia, The Moscow Times reported on ...

Tradition and innovation combine in this historic port town on the East Sussex coast in southern England.

There exists today a tiny enclave of Calabrian Greeks, Greek-speaking people in Reggio Calabria, Italy, that seem to have survived millennia.

Among the more than 4,500 oracle bone characters discovered, the meanings of over 3,000 remain a mystery. Scholars now hope ...

Nearly 300 silver coins were found completely by accident when digging started for a forest restoration project.

Klopotenko, 38, is tall and lanky, with a mop of curly hair and fingernails painted in blue and yellow, the colors of the ...

India's vice-captain Smriti Mandhana put her hand up in the Women's tri-series final against Sri Lanka in Colombo, smashing her 11th century in ODIs. Mandhana and Pratika Rawal both began ...