If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis, an extinct species repre ...

A major archaeological discovery near Alexandria, Egypt, is reshaping historians' understanding of the ancient civilization's northern frontier, specifically during the New Kingdom period.

A team of prehistoric archaeologists from Tel Aviv University has proposed a new hypothesis to explain a long-standing mystery: Why did ancient humans bring very young children deep into underground c ...

Outperforming even the most voracious and ruthless human invaders, the Black Death decimated English towns of all sizes in ...

Many different causes likely contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire, in the various stages of that phenomenon.

The Denisovans are the most enigmatic and mysterious of human ancestors, and also one of the most fascinating.

A team of Polish archaeologists has been credited with one of the most extraordinary finds in recent memory in Peru.

A groundbreaking, high-resolution 3D reconstruction of the Titanic wreck has unveiled new clues about the ship’s ill-fated descent into the icy waters of the North Atlantic.

In an incredible stroke of luck (or is it really precocious skill?), a three-year-old amateur archaeologist has made history ...

French archaeological mission, composed of experts from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, France’s National Center for ...

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of ...

A vivid digital reconstruction has brought to life the face of a Mycenaean woman who lived over 3,500 years ago, offering an ...