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

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 ...

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

Today the deserts of the Arabian peninsula are inhospitable - but 100,000 years ago the area was full of animals and ancient ...

A 5,500-year-old wildcat discovered in County Clare reveals surprising insights into Ireland’s prehistoric wildlife and ...

Flag Fen Archaeology Park sits in the midst of a unique Bronze Age landscape east of Peterborough, in England.

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 ...

This in-depth exploration of prehistoric North America examines the earliest human migrations, dating evidence, settlement sites, and cultural developments stretching from Canada to Central America.

Archaeologists have uncovered an 8,500-year-old obsidian mirror at Canhasan in central Turkey, one of the oldest settlements ...

If someone hands you a large, spiral seashell, chances are that your instinct will drive you to hold it up to your ear.

New research from the University of St Andrews, as part of a team led by the University of Bradford, has confirmed the ...

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