A child buried in a fifth century Roman cemetery had a stone placed in his or her mouth. The stone was part of a funeral ritual to keep the body from coming back to life, scientists say.

Colossal stone headgear placed atop some Easter Island statues may have been rolled up earthen ramps. Small groups of people could have moved them using only long ropes, a new analysis suggests.

The Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest of the Egyptian pyramids and the last remaining ancient wonder of the world, contains a large, previously undiscovered void, researchers now report.

These terra-cotta warriors stand in the tomb of China’s first emperor. They were built more than 2,200 years ago, along with thousands of other statues. The production of so many finely crafted statues was made possible with different clay pastes that were distributed to specialized workshops, researchers propose.