Archaeology

It likely had eight legs, and at least one of them is still brandishing a knife. That’s the report from…

Anthropologists know of at least two ancient species of tiny humans that lived on the islands of southeast Asia over…

Some 46,000 years ago in what is now the Polish highlands, a Neanderthal man got some food stuck between his teeth.…

In late February, the Army Corps of Engineers was working to deepen the Savannah River abutting the city of…

By building a digital model of the Antikythera Mechanism, scientists may have finally exposed a key function of the…

Dozens of savagely murdered individuals found buried in a Copper Age mass grave is shedding new light onto the lives…

Popularized by myth and historical accounts as horse-riding warrior nomads of the Eurasian steppe, the true story of…

Archaeologists may have finally figured out how a 5,300-year-old skull ended up on the ledge of a deep vertical cave…

Despite the amount of history that sits atop its soil, plenty of stories remain buried below Colonial Williamsburg.…

A fragment of 10,000-year-old dog bone found along the Alaskan coast could be the oldest evidence of domesticated…

Archaeologists have discovered a 17,300-year-old painting of a kangaroo at a rock shelter in Western Australia,…

The forensic analysis of a 3,600-year-old mummy is providing fascinating new insights into a pivotal Egyptian…

Archaeologists in Britain have discovered the site of a former stone circle in west Wales, which they believe was…

The seashell has been collecting dust on a museum shelf in Toulouse for the past 80 years, and before that, it had…

European-crafted glass beads found at three different indigenous sites in northern Alaska date back to the…

Around 50,000 years ago, a bunch of Neanderthals made a home—and a bathroom—out of what is now a rocky escarpment…

Archaeologists investigating burial shafts near Alexandria, Egypt have discovered over a dozen interred individuals,…

The discovery of a hardened mud carapace wrapped around a 3,200-year-old mummy has brought a previously unknown…

Prehistoric teeth found over 100 years ago are some of the best evidence yet for hybridized communities of…

The human thumb is a marvel of evolution, allowing our ancestors to craft stone tools and radically expand their…