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

A Great Wall excavation in China uncovers the largest known cannon in the Jiankou section and evidence of early cultural ...

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

Square-shaped skull discovered at Balcón de Montezuma archaeological site in Tamaulipas, Mexico, showing unique cranial modification technique. ( Technical Archive of the Physical Anthropology Section ...

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A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

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

If there were a place that could be called the archaeological almanac of Saudi Arabian culture, it would be Tell Abraq, ...

Researchers have uncovered extensive pre-Hispanic settlements hidden beneath the waters and vegetation of Bolivia's Great Tectonic Lakes. Using advanced LiDAR technology and collaborative fieldwork ...

The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

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

According to a Penn Museum press release, the exhibition explores Indigenous perspectives by incorporating first-person ...