During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...
The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...
Poverty Point, a 3,500-year-old earthen mound, is a well-researched UNESCO World Heritage Site, but a pair of studies ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a 4th-century BC sacrificial complex at an ancient necropolis in Russia’s Southern Urals.
RIYADH, Dec 2: Kuwait is showcasing 25 artifacts at the GCC Joint Archaeology Exhibition, currently on display at the Saudi ...
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The Ten Best Science Books of 2025

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...
The Melsonby Hoard has been nominated for a national award by one of the UK’s leading archaeological publications. The ...
DNA analysis of ancient remains from northwestern China has unveiled a chilling picture of ritualized sacrifice in a 4,000-year-old Neolithic society, where men and women met drastically different ...
The burial site was 4,500 years old, but archaeology society members saw enough evidence to believe it was already in use ...
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 ...
Last month, divers off the coast of South Korea retrieved 87 bowls and cups from the dark, swirling waters. The objects were ...
Archaeologists from the Institute of Archaeology at the Russian Academy of Sciences have made an extraordinary discovery at the Vysokaya Mogila-Studenikin Mar necropolis in Russia's Orenburg Region - ...