A major ancient Roman industrial site on the River Wear may be the most important discovery of the last hundred years, ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

New archaeological evidence from Sulawesi suggests that Homo sapiens may have lived alongside a mysterious species.

A male skeleton named TBH1 reveals he was killed by a quartz projectile strike about 12,000 years ago. Archaeologists ...

The people at the center of this discovery are known as the Sambaqui. For nearly 7,000 years, these groups lived along the ...

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material sources suggests a deep understanding of their landscapes. It allowed early ...

Iron Age cargoes from Dor reveal how ancient Mediterranean trade evolved alongside shifting empires and political power. New ...

Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...

Discovered in late 2021, the Zhengjiagou site has been found to contain nine stone mound tombs, with Mound No 1 being one of ...

For years, Hora Mountain in Inkosi ya Makhosi M’mbelwa V Kingdom in Mzimba district has been synonymous with hosting of Ngoni ...

Stone age humans were using poison for hunting far longer than previously believed. In A Nutshell Chemical traces survived ...