The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

A metal detectorist has discovered a strange Viking Age grave in Norway with scallop shells covering the mouth of the ...

The burial itself was discovered in 2018, but experts only just found the remnants of the deceased’s funeral celebration.

The operation saw nine people placed in pre-trial detention and 14 under house arrest in Sicily alone. Charges levied against ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

The Taş Tepeler region of archaeological sites in Türkiye has yielded more artifacts that were possibly associated with ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...