Unknown ancient people left the newly discovered fantastical creatures hewn of granite in Altai Mountains.

Sensational underwater treasures - including mummies of Hun-era fashionistas - recaptured from oblivion.

Archaeologists intrigued by discovery of Bronze Age razor blade in Novosibirsk region.

Eaten by an ancient cave lion or bear, only the tail was left, preserved by the Siberian permafrost.

Finds of 'lion-hunting ancient man' excavated from site of new road new Lake Baikal now undergoing tests  at Germany’s Max Planck Institute.

Angelina Sadovnikova, then 11, came across the mummified Pleistocene rodent in a cavity left by woolly mammoth tusk diggers.

Nematodes moving and eating again for the first time since the Pleistocene age in major scientific breakthrough, say experts.