The mummies are thought to be from a never-before-seen population living in remote Africa around 7,000 years ago.

Medieval book covers previously thought to be made from deer or boar skin are actually made of sealskin from northern regions ...

More than 100 years after the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings, new interpretations of the ...

A newly discovered altar, buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal, is shedding new light on the ...

The prehistoric settlement of Wangen-Hinterhorn and its pile dwellings were first identified in the shallow water zone along ...

Trier developed into a major economic and political center in the Roman Empire’s northern provinces, which as a result saw extensive construction ...

Trier developed into a major economic and political center in the Roman Empire’s northern provinces, which as a result saw extensive construction activity, including the widespread use of fired bricks ...

Proof of an ancient garden, consistent with biblical scripture, has emerged at the holiest site in Christianity — and an ...

A young girl found an ancient seal carved with a scarab beetle on a family outing to the Tel Azekah archaeological site, near ...

An archaeological find of Iron Age artifacts including horse harnesses, chariots and tires sheds new light on English life ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

Hoarding, or burying material goods, was common practice in ... as their southern counterparts,” said Tom Moore, Head of Archaeology at Durham University. According to the press release, the ...