A Bronze Age mass burial pit at Twentyshilling Barrow has been found in Scotland during the construction of a wind farm.

Archaeologists in China uncovered ancient chariots at the Qinshihuang mausoleum site, including rare wheel-less burials.

Archaeologists have discovered a massive series of Neolithic-era pits very close to the Stonehenge site in southern England. As with Stonehenge itself its purpose remains a mystery, but the mere ...

With a dental pick in hand, Karin Rice delicately scraped off a clump of asphalt from a pelvic bone belonging to a horse that roamed Los Angeles tens of thousands of years ago. Like many unsuspecting ...

Located in the Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, and adjacent to the famed LACMA, The La Brea Tar Pits make up the only active urban paleontological excavation site in the United States. Adjacent ...

Crews are allowed to resume excavation on the access pit to stalled tunneling drill Bertha. The Washington State Department of Transportation stopped crews from drilling at the pit Dec. 12 after about ...

For more than 65 years, crews have been extracting sand and gravel from a gravel pit north of Stillwater. The pit, located off 100th Street North in Stillwater Township, was owned and operated by ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department wants to excavate waste pits at Los Alamos National Lab. The department says it is a safer option than the U.S. Energy Department‘s ...

Through their grazing activity, sea urchins excavate rock and form the pits they occupy. This activity may cause significant bioerosion of temperate reefs, according to a study published Feb. 21, 2018 ...