We often think about our distant ancestors as primitive, equipped with the crudest of tools and a limited set of skills. But ...

For over three decades, the treasure hunt "On the Trail of the Golden Owl" captivated thousands of puzzle enthusiasts across ...

Shell-ring archaeological sites, “one of the most visible site types along the lower South Atlantic Coast of the United States”, are the subject of an interesting new study.

German archaeological mission has unearthed the funerary chamber of a woman named "Idi”, the sole daughter of Djefai-Hapy, ...

Ancient geoglyphs, etched onto the hillsides by indigenous groups from over 1,000 years ago, are under attack – by off-road ...

Archaeologists and conservators working at the Moche site of Pañamarca in the Nepeña Valley of north-coastal Peru have ...

The world’s oldest preserved cheese…arranged like jewelry…in the form of a dairy necklace grave good? A new discovery ticks ...

By examining ancient walrus DNA, an international research team led by Lund University in Sweden have retraced the walrus ...

For the second time in the past eight years, astronomers examining stars in the Milky Way close to Earth discovered a planet orbiting one of these celestial objects.

By Simon Rodway/The ConversationIreland and Wales share more than just geographical proximity; they have deep cultural and ...

Hidden out of sight and forgotten for centuries in the Shoham Community Forest, near the heart of Israel, archaeologists have ...

By Corey J. A. Bradshaw et al./The ConversationImagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000 years ago.