The skeleton was discovered with a number of metal spikes through its shoulders, heart and ankles.
The monster storm uprooted a tree in Connecticut with something unexpected buried underneath.
Two skeletons discovered on a remote Scottish island have been at the centre of a mystery for 10 years.
Collections of skulls separated from their skeletons have been proving a puzzle to archaeologists.
The remains of several hundred ancient warriors have been found in a bog in the Alken Enge wetlands.
A complete skeleton discovered beneath a nunnery in Italy could belong to the Mona Lisa herself.
Palaeontologists have unearthed the most complete ever pre-human skeleton at a dig site in South Africa.
50 skeletons belonging to the extinct giant wombat species diprotodon have been found in Queensland.
Two medieval skeletons with iron stakes through their chests have been discovered in Bulgaria.
Diprotodon would have weighed around 3 tons and wandered Australia up to two million years ago.
Two skeletons found in a crypt are believed to be of two saints buried alive almost 2000 years ago.
The oldest human skeletons ever found in Turkey have been discovered in Istanbul's Yenikapý area.
The remains of those who died in the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii continue to yield new insights.
A Scottish couple have pledged to leave their skeletons to be put on display in an Edinburgh dungeon when they die.
A 7000-year-old skeleton of a man who had undergone an amputation has shed new light on stone age medicine.
New research relating to the ongoing debate over the "hobbit" skeleton Homo floresiensis has concluded that the skull an...
A six-kilometer long cave system has been discovered on Easter Island which is believed to have been used by the island'...
A new BBC documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough is due to be broadcast in the near future in which an alleged ...
A new battery powered exoskeleton has been developed by Lockheed Martin for US soldiers that will allow a person to carr...
Teeth taken from the exhumed skeletons of Christopher Columbus' crew from over 500 years ago have revealed new informati...