"I think the Oldowan technology is probably the most important technological innovation that ever happened in human history." ...

Recently studied murals suggest a powerful female leader once ruled the Moche.

The chamber holds a stone coffin engraved with the physician’s name and titles, which include "director of medicinal plants" ...

The mysterious ancient skull, found in the 1920s, sparked a wave of theories then “sank into oblivion” — until recently.

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the ...

Scientists have learned that a skull that long-believed to be that of Cleopatra’s sister Arsinoë IV actually belonged to a ...

A single cave appears to host three very different styles of ancient art, two of them unlike anything else known from the ...

The symbol was very common in the Middle Ages and was used by cultures across the world before it was appropriated by German ...

Underwater archaeologists dug under 20 feet of sand and rock off the coast of Sicily and found a 2,500-year-old shipwreck.

She will not only offer an insight into the shipbuilding techniques of the Phoenicians but also their metallurgical sophistication.

The statue, believed to be of a high-ranking military commander, was discovered at the famous Terracotta Army site in China, ...

The emerging importance of the find underscores a key truth about archaeology: artifacts often hold secrets that only later ...