During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...

The burial site was 4,500 years old, but archaeology society members saw enough evidence to believe it was already in use ...

Poverty Point, a 3,500-year-old earthen mound, is a well-researched UNESCO World Heritage Site, but a pair of studies ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors unified the land, people were already experimenting with civilization, laying ...

Recent archaeological discoveries across North America are challenging our understanding of the continent’s prehistoric past. From the arid Southwest to the coastal regions, these finds reveal a rich ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

A newly surveyed Bronze Age city shows unexpected urban planning and bronze production in the steppe. Archaeologists have ...

A discovery in Sardinia reveals up to 50,000 intact Roman coins, prompting research into trade, shipwrecks, and Mediterranean ...

On a quiet stretch of Mendocino County roadway, a single boulder pulled from a roadside cut has forced archaeologists to ...

Archaeologists have uncovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest sculpture showing a human interacting with an animal - a tiny 12,000-year-old clay figure of a woman carrying a goose on her ...