Remains of an ancient synagogue from the Roman-Byzantine era have been revealed in excavations carried out in the Arbel National Park in the Galilee under the auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The synagogue ruins are located at the foot of the Mt. Nitai cliffs overlooking the Sea of Galilee, amidst the remains of a large Jewish village from the Roman-Byzantine period. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Hulbert said the remains of mammoths and other large, ancient creatures have been found along the east coast of Florida through Miami-Dade County and in Collier County on the west coast. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The partial remains of an ancient toothed whale species that roamed the ocean 5 million years ago have been discovered on a California beach. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Captain Michael Scott Speicher's remains can finally be brought home to Florida, and laid to rest.

Scott was a member of the church we attended in Florida; I remember when his plane was shot down. picked by meggysue 4 months ago

A group of paleontologists has discovered the tusks and petrified remains of a mastodon, a large mammoth-like mammal that lived some three million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Remains described as being those of a small child were found Thursday near the home of missing toddler Caylee Anthony's grandparents picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

Remains of stone tools found amid ash deposits in India from a volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago show that modern humans were living there earlier than scientists had previously thought. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Marine archaeologists have found the remains of a slave ship wrecked off the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1841, an accident that set free the ancestors of many current residents of those islands. Some 192 Africans survived the sinking of the Spanish ship Trouvadore off the British-ruled islands, where the slave trade was banned. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Japanese and U.S. officials have found four mass graves that they believe hold the remains of 500 World War II soldiers, nearly 65 years after a bloody battle on the remote Alaskan island of Attu. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The remains of an Ice Age rhinoceros have been unearthed by a five-year-old girl at a Gloucestershire water park.

Emelia Fawbert found the fossilised carcass at the Cotswold Water Park near Cirencester during a fossil hunt. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Cremated human remains were found Tuesday inside a package placed in a mail collection box. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The amazing images show a polar bear feasting on the remains of dead whale.

Resting happily on the mammal, the bear - facing a heavy meal- appears to sensibly be sharing his meaty find with a flock of seagulls. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Orlando authorities say DNA tests confirm the skeletal remains recently found in the woods belong to missing toddler Caylee Anthony. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

The grave of Hungary's last communist ruler, Janos Kadar, was prised open on Wednesday and his remains and his wife's urn were thought to have been stolen, Budapest police said. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Captured soldier, Matthew Maupin's remains were identified finally in Iraq, four years after he was captured. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Human remains that appear to be from World Trade Center victims were found by utility workers in a manhole at the northern edge of the site, a Port Authority official said Thursday. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

The remains of three babies were found in the basement of an Austrian house undergoing renovation picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a cosmic "ghost" lurking around a distant supermassive black hole. This is the first detection of such a high-energy apparition, and scientists think it is evidence of a huge eruption produced by the black hole. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A dinosaur-hunting expedition to the Sahara desert involving British scientists has found the fossilised remains of what are thought to be two new species.

The ancient remains discovered in Morocco belong to a giant flying pterosaur and plant-eating sauropod. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Lebanese and Spanish archaeologists have discovered 2,900-year-old earthenware pottery that ancient Phoenicians used to store the bones of their dead after burning the corpses. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago