Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

While the Paleolithic period involved a nomadic lifestyle and the invention of stone tools, the Neolithic period was ushered ...

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...

Early human communication networks revealed thanks to ancient stone tools and blades located in a South African cave.

A collection of Zimbabwean stone sculptures will be the centerpiece of an exhibition at Oxford University meant to “contextualize” the legacy of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes ...

Archaeological excavations launched in 2022 in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem have yielded significant data ...

Yungang's caverns have carvings of Central Asian merchants leading camel trains laden with silk, and Angkor Wat's stone walls ...

PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city, once one of the most important stops ... quietly and inexplicably plays Bob Dylan and ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...

Now, scientists have been able to confirm the identity of the mystery fossil, known as Penghu 1, through analyzing ancient protein fragments contained in teeth still attached to the jaw.