Scientists have discovered a remarkable new species of ancient human with unusually large skulls who lived alongside our ...

Recent research has led to new conclusions about the origin of writing with important new understanding on human cognitive ...

Sonar images released in January 2024 were proposed as the final resting place of the famous aviator's missing aircraft. But ...

The Mayan calendar’s 819-day cycle has confounded scholars for decades, but recent research shows how it matches up to ...

New scientific methods have allowed archaeologists to learn more about how the enigmatic Nebra Sky Disc was manufactured in ...

Archaeology studies the human past through the excavation of things people made and used thousands of years ago -- from architecture to objects like pottery bowls and animal bones from meals. Although ...

Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what’s ...

The Guardian reported that two neolithic stone circles were discovered within Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England. The ...

This mask, which is on display at the British Museum in London, is one of several turquoise objects that the Spanish ...

New research uncovers how the legendary Nebra Disc was forged using advanced ancient techniques of forging bronze discs.

A recent preliminary study by Ph.D. student Leonie Hoff of the University of Oxford, published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, provides insight into how ancient fingerprints left on ...