Latest Archaeology News & Discoveries

The First King of England You’ve Never Heard Of—And Why Historians Want Him Remembered

Scientists Discover the World’s Oldest Blue Dye on 34,000-Year-Old Tools

Why Did This 16th-Century “Model Town” Vanish Overnight? The Secrets of Hunacti

Ancient Jerusalem Fought Climate Change With an Engineering Marvel Hidden for 2800 Years

Medieval Manuscript Reveals Stunning Claim the Shroud of Turin Was a Deliberate Fake

The French Revolution’s Most Mysterious Outbreak Was Not a Disease But a Rumor

The Maya Children Who Carried Jade Secrets in Their Smiles

When Farmers Changed the World Ten Thousand Years Ago

Lost for Fifteen Centuries the True Cause of the Justinian Plague Emerges from the Earth

The 12000 Year Old Skeleton That Reveals Humanity’s First Known Act of Violence in Southeast Asia

The Simple Invention That Could Save the World’s Oldest Secrets

The Forgotten Ruler Who Carved the Dawn of Egypt in Stone

The Roman Infant Buried Beneath a Soldier’s Workshop Reveals Secrets of an Ancient World

Humanity’s First Farmers Were Harvesting Barley Thousands of Years Earlier Than We Imagined

The Cow That Carried Secrets Across 5,000 Years to Stonehenge

The Ancient Scents That Connected Civilizations Across the Mediterranean

Buried Evidence Reveals a Dark World of Brutality in Prehistoric Villages

The Animal That Carried Human Dreams from Prehistoric Caves to the Heavens

When Hunters And Farmers Changed The Destiny Of Europe

The Lost Tides That Secretly Shaped the First Civilization

The Skull That Challenges Everything We Thought We Knew About Human Origins

The Mystery of a Newborn Buried Beside Women Who Labored Underground

Ancient Inka Knots Reveal Secrets We Were Never Meant to Know

Did Early Humans Use Arrows 80,000 Years Ago? New Evidence from Uzbekistan Suggests Yes

Ancient Humans Carried Stones for Miles and Changed the Future of Our Species

Scientists Uncover the Secret Chemistry of Lost Spanish Expeditions in America

Thirteen Years Without Rain That Changed the Course of Maya History

DNA From Ancient Graves Reveals West African Roots in Early Medieval England

Ancient Skull From Italian Cave Reveals a Forgotten Ice Age Tradition

Lost Currency of Southeast Asia Shows Ancient Civilizations Were More Connected Than We Ever Imagined