Humans have always been playful. But for much of our history, play has left little trace. Unlike tools or bones, games rarely ...

Early humans crossed Philippine seas 40,000 years ago, building coastal networks, fishing offshore, and developing maritime ...

Because the seal had never been broken, the Etruscan tomb’s grave goods had also gone completely untouched by looters.

The texts span a vast expanse of time. The oldest shards date back to the third century B.C.E., featuring tax receipts penned ...

In recent years, museums and cultural institutions have been taking steps to reckon with their legacies while they grapple with the colonial histories of items within their collections. Headlines have ...

The winners of this year’s Current Archaeology Awards were announced on Saturday 28th February as part of Current Archaeology ...

Connecticut’s state archaeologist discussed 2025 archaeology discoveries and projects in the state to an audience at the Mansfield Public Library on Saturday, Jan. 31. An event attendee looking at ...

While excavating burials of hunter-gatherers in a cave in Vietnam, archaeologist Hsiao-chun Hung of the Australian National University wondered how to explain the flexed, folded, and contorted ...

Introduction: what is archaeology for the people? / John F. Cherry and Felipe Rojas -- The sanctuary: the world's oldest temple and the dawn of civilization / Elif Batuman -- An archaeology of ...

Archaeologists and students at Sterling Hill are tracing Sussex County’s human history back roughly 12,500 years through ...

Many types of body modification date back hundreds or thousands of years, revealing our ancient ancestors were not that different from us. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...