A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Tucked under London’s Palace of Westminster— one of the most famous structures in the city and home to the Houses of ...

While excavating at the ancient fort of La Loma in the northern Iberian Peninsula, archaeologists found the shattered ...

Last month, divers off the coast of South Korea retrieved 87 bowls and cups from the dark, swirling waters. The objects were ...

An isolated burial in Sudan has revealed the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took place nearly 4,000 years ago in a little-known African kingdom, a new study finds. In the grave, ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

An international research team has created a new map of the Roman Empire — and it expands the ancient road network by more than 60,000 miles (100,000 kilometers). "The 200-year research history on ...

Humans evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to be the ultimate flexible eaters—chasing carbohydrates and fats from plant and animal sources alike. A new study in the Journal of Archaeological ...

In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, aviators or sporting events, but of a group of archaeologists engaged in ...