The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

A new genetic study links China’s cliffside burials to their living descendants.

Researchers are now investigating a Viking Age grave with preserved skeletal remains and jewelry. The grave was found at Val ...

Egypt’s ancient stone vessels display a level of precision that scientists still can’t explain. Their flawless symmetry and ...

Indiana Jones is one of the most revered blockbuster stories of the 1980s. Spielberg and Lucas' work on the original trilogy ...

Underwater archaeologists announced they had discovered the ancient wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...

Ancient artifacts recently emerged from Norway's melting mountains, surprising archaeologists with a remarkably preserved ...

Archaeologists avoid opening China’s first emperor’s tomb due to deadly traps and dangerous mercury. Discover why it remains ...

An arc of 16 massive pits found near Stonehenge were confirmed as manmade structures. Using a range of scientific methods, ...

The Current Archaeology Awards celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months, and the people judged to have made outstanding contributions to ...