Archaeologists finished the first dig season at Angelokastro, uncovering a columned courtyard building, coins and pottery ...

A 7,300-year-old eruption in Japan caused collapse in some areas and growth in others, according to a new study of Jomon ...

Researchers used X-rays and machine learning to study 160 palm-leaf manuscripts and uncover how South and Southeast Asian ...

A study of 2,300 ancient burials in China shows how social networks shaped inequality long before the rise of early states.

A hole in a Neanderthal shoulder blade from Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan may be the earliest known deadly wooden spear wound.

Divers and Indigenous Rangers found stone tools at two sunken sites off Murujuga, Western Australia, drowned by rising seas 9 ...

Two rare deer antler axes found in Sweden date to the Bronze Age, raising questions about their use in woodworking and ...

Around 13,800 years ago, hunters set up camp on a small ridge above the Tanana River in interior Alaska. Spruce trees cover ...

A Cambridge study of ten Greek papyri shows Roman Egypt's scribes used diagrams as workspace, memory aid, and answer check ...

Burned grains, flowering plants, and cedar resin in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus offer clues to ancient burial rituals and ...

New radiocarbon dates show northern Iberian villages emptied fast around 400 BCE, while fortified towns took far longer to ...

A bronze seal ring showing Alexandria’s ancient Pharos lighthouse was found during underwater excavations in the city’s ...