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

The Bronze Age Boat Discoveries exhibition at Must Farm includes not only the three preserved vessels but also replica tools, interactive displays, and demonstrations of ancient craft techniques.

Scientists are unraveling the secrets of a Bronze Age hoard containing jewelry that is thought to have been buried around 3,000 years ago. The hoard was discovered in Rosemarkie, a village in the ...

It's linked to the religious figure of Abraham, who Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all trace their origins to.

One of the most famous facades in all the world has been concealing a deep secret. Underneath the iconic and intricately carved Treasury building at the center of the renowned archaeological site ...

Thousands of shipwrecks lie in the 4,080 square miles of the Bay and its feeder waters. The archaeologists, divers, and other ...

The circular arrangement of pits forms a boundary over two kilometers wide, enclosing more than three square kilometers around the Durrington Walls henge and Woodhenge monuments. Each pit measures up ...

A genomic study, whose results are published in Nature, has begun to unravel the deep mysteries that for millennia have ...

A taboo family secret that two early Jamestown colonists took to the grave has unexpectedly been revealed after hundreds of years, thanks to a DNA study. The study, published in the journal Antiquity, ...

During the 4th dynasty of the Pharaohs in Egypt, nearly 5000 years ago, a people emerged from the mists of pre-history to complete the most ambitious and spectacular undertaking ever attempted by ...

Surprisingly, the walls of Windmill Way also reveal snippets of information about ancient string use. The shelter’s rock surfaces are adorned with vivid painted motifs, some of which show dillybags.

Three Bronze Age log boats, preserved on a silted-up riverbed for over 3,000 years, are set to go on public display following a meticulous 13-year conservation project. These simple vessels, known as ...