A small pit filled with ancient Roman jewelry that dates back nearly 2,000 years to a violent riot that occurred around A.D. 61 was unearthed beneath a London-area department store, according to a British archaeology organization. An archaeologist with the Colchester Archaeological Trust, a

Neandertals arose in Europe and Asia as early as 250,000 years ago, and for most of that time they had Eurasia to themselves—until, that is, modern humans came in and replaced them. Just how long Neandertals hung on after the arrival of Homo sapiens about 45,000 years ago has been a matter of

Prehistoric Egyptians practised mummification well before the time of the Pharaohs, suggests an analysis of resin-soaked linen. A team of Australian and British researchers investigated samples of wrappings taken from bodies found in the earliest known ancient Egyptian cemeteries — 4500 BC to 3350