The skill of ivory softening was used more than 12,000 years ago to make tools - or decorations - that still puzzle modern science.

'Absolutely stunning' ancient ornaments discovered with no known comparisons, presenting a puzzle for archeologists: which culture made this?

Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.

The find, as old as Christ, is the latest treasure from the sacred and mysterious site of Ust-Polui in Salekhard, say experts.

First pictures of 'unique' Bronze Age warlord's full battle dress may be a 'war trophy'.

Archeological evidence from the Altai region makes clear the arrival of Homo erectus from Africa can be dated at between 800,000 and one million years ago.

Mongolian Palaeolithic sites in may prove a missing link in the map of these ancient hominins.

Unearthed on the edge of the Arctic, she is the only woman so far found in an otherwise all-male necropolis, buried in a cocoon of copper and fur.

A 5,000 year old grave with a coffin made out of slabs of granite has been uncovered by archeologists containing precious human remains.