A new study has shed new light on ancient seafarers and their advanced maritime technology, challenging previous beliefs on ...

Through a new discovery, researchers have put to rest age-old questions about an ancient Roman pool in Bahçeli, Turkey.

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...

An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of ...

Ancient DNA analysis has unveiled a previously unknown group of people who resided near the land bridge connecting Asia and ...

Archaeologists say the 2,000-year-old object offers a rare glimpse into everyday tastes, trade and religion in the bustling ...

Researchers from the Natural History Museum and Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University (SLCU) have identified a new ...

An ancient Maya structure was likely built around communal astronomical observations, but the identity of a mysterious woman ...

The history of the ancient Maya board game patolli gained a new twist when archaeologists discovered a game board embedded in ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

New findings reveal how early communities cooked, crafted and lived over 7,500 years ago ...

Italian archaeologists, working with Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology, have discovered eight new ancient sites from Swat to Taxila. The findings, including a 1,200-year-old ...