The finds may rewrite how, and when, Ice Age humans in Asia and the Americas interacted.
Archaeologists analyzed some gorgeously detailed paintings from an Amarna palace.
Let's revisit the best old stuff that made headlines this year.
The recently discovered relief depicts large animals, human figures, and penises.
Careful imaging of an 8th-century book reveals humanoid figures scrawled in the margins.
The ancient animal may indicate a new story in Mesoamerican sociopolitics.
The natural mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991, about 5,300 years after 'Ötzi' died.
The 17-character sentence in Canaanite script appears on a 3,000-year-old comb found in Israel.
Two archaeological sites in Brazil are revealing the genetic ancestry of some of the continent’s earliest humans.
Human remains found in two caves are more than 13,500 years old.
A genetic analysis of bones and teeth revealed kinship between a group of Neanderthals.
A sunken German vessel may have been leaking pollutants into the North Sea for the better part of a century.
First Nations artwork on the trees’ bark is at risk of being lost.
Our understanding of foxes and their relationship with humans is changing with new archaeological discoveries.
Now below sea level, the workplaces and settlements were vital sites of salt production.
A group of archeologists has banded together to demand the return of the ancient slab.
Soil analysis from several Maya cities found levels of mercury that could harm health, and modern archaeologists could be at risk.
One victim was stabbed, and the other was hit on the head, new research into the South American mummies finds.
The remains of a whaling ship called the Dolphin appear to have been found nearly 6,000 miles from home.
Three new papers detail the population genetics of Eurasian people spanning over 10,000 years.
