Skulls of ancient adult and child pair placed near kneecaps of grown-up, in bizarre burial puzzling archeologists.

Likely brought some 6,000 kilometres by ancient traders seeking walrus tusks, hunting birds and fur.

Wooden statue 5.3m high with eight faces gazed over the water for only two decades, but leaves us with a conundrum 11,600 years later.

Giant ramparts guarded Altai Mountains against attack from the north, says leading archeologist Professor Andrey Borodovsky.

Couple unearth remains of 'rich' female buried up to 1,000 years ago with her rare Chinese bronze mirror.

Mongolian Palaeolithic sites in may prove a missing link in the map of these ancient hominins.

No, a mysterious Chinese-style palace thousands of miles from home in Siberia.

Experts still divided over mysterious 1,300-year-old fortress-like structure located on island in middle of lake.

None are naked: instead, they're far more interesting…