In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, ...

This gilt-copper nose ornament, discovered at the archaeological site of Loma Negra in northern Peru, depicts the important ...

The use of AI in archaeology is advancing research on the Hittite civilization, offering deeper understanding of Anatolia’s ...

Is it the long-faded colors of ancient artifacts from all around the world or the hushed sounds of visitors discussing what ...

Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper ...

Trepanation is the first neurosurgical procedure humans ever performed, and it has been practiced across times and cultures, experts said.

Ancient myths claim Stonehenge was built by giants or lost civilizations, but experimental archaeology suggests human ...

An unusual stone circle that's likely a tomb is providing archaeologists with more information about life in Roman Bavaria.

Archaeologists recently discovered the remnants of an ancient bishop’s luxurious perk: a vast bathhouse, unheard of among ...

Last December, flames engulfed Ohio’s Overfield Tavern Museum. Now archaeologists get to dig beneath the floorboards.

For centuries, Rapanui oral traditions said the statues “walked” from the quarry—but Western scholars dismissed this as myth, assuming instead that log rollers were used. Research by Dr. Terry Hunt ...