A joint team of archaeologists, chronologists, geologists, and paleontologists have successfully dated a hoard of wooden ...

Humans have been making and using wooden tools for over one million years, but since they decompose quickly, they rarely ...

A tomb dating back to approximately 5,000 years ago that is currently presumed to belong to a prehistoric king has been discovered at the Wangzhuang ruins in the city of Yongcheng, Henan province of ...

The Lost National Treasure, a popular TV series inspired by real archaeological discoveries, took three years to produce. One ...

Researchers in China unveil the oldest complex wooden technology, pushing back the timeline for sophisticated tool use.

In central China, archaeologists have unearthed a 5,000-year-old royal tomb, potentially belonging to a prehistoric king. The ...

Archaeologists unearthed the settlement of the female-dominated Neolithic Dawenkou culture in the Shandong province of eastern China near the estuary of the Yellow River—considered the birthplace of ...

While the central burial mound of Emperor Qin Shi Huang remains sealed, the surrounding discoveries continue to redefine what ...

Researchers believe Peñico served as a trading hub linking ancient Pacific coast communities with those living in the Andes ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of "pop-science ...