The Ancient Origins News Desk

Extraordinary Iron Age carnyx discovered in Norfolk hoard may link to Boudicca's rebellion. Most complete ancient war trumpet found in Europe alongside unique boar standard in Iceni territory.

Words revealed from across the ages! Ancient clay cylinders discovered from ancient Mesopotamia document Nebuchadnezzar II's restoration of Kish's ziggurat, confirming the Babylonian king's extensive building program beyond Babylon.

The question of whether warfare is encoded in our genes, or appeared as a result of civilization, has long fascinated

One day in early August in the fourth century AD, something strange happened in Rome.

There is a large body of maps of the Americas which cannot be explained by known explorations. Mercator’s 1569 World Map shows all of Greenland without ice at its coasts. Finaeus’ 1531 World Map shows Antarctica without coastal ice, all Greenland without coastal ice and an ancient shoreline of Hudson Bay.