Latest Archaeology News & Discoveries

Ancient Bones Reveal Rituals of Prehistoric South Texas Peoples

Environmental Turbulence Shaped the Evolution of Human Cooperation

Rethinking Inequality: What 10,000 Years of House Sizes Reveal About Human History

New Evidence Reveals Ibo Island’s Pivotal Role in Early Indian Ocean Trade

Archaeological Study Uncovers Long History of Housing as a Marker of Economic Inequality

Hunter-Gatherers Colonized Malta 8,500 Years Ago, Study Finds

400,000-Year-Old Ivory Tools Discovered in Ukraine

5,000-Year-Old Cymbals Illuminate Bronze Age Music and Trade

Whispers in Stone: The Buried Altar of Tikal and the Shadow of Teotihuacan

Ancient Skis Unearth Prehistoric Survival Secrets in Norway

The Codex of Türi: Unraveling the Secrets of Estonia’s Oldest Dated Manuscript

Ancient DNA Reveals Identity of “Well-man” from Sverris Saga

Neanderthal and Homo sapiens Burial Practices: Commonalities and Divergences in the Levant

Was the Ottoman Empire Truly Tolerant? Surveillance in a Multicultural Realm

Human Interactions, Not Just Climate, Drove the Agricultural Revolution

The Child Mediators: Unraveling the Mystery of Prehistoric Cave Art

7,000-Year-Old DNA Unveils Secrets of North Africa’s Past

New Study Suggests Bronze Age Open-Sea Voyages

50,000-Year-Old Quina Tools Found in China, a First for East Asia

The Dark Side of 19th-Century Medicine: A Tragic Story of a Child’s Mercury Treatment for Rickets and Scurvy

Radical Inequality in Early Bronze Age Anatolia

Possible Alexander the Great Tunic Found in Vergina Royal Tomb

Ancient Fingerprints Reveal Gender and Age of Egyptian Figurine Makers

Earliest Evidence of Ephedra Use Found in 15,000-Year-Old Moroccan Burial

Gönnersdorf Discovery: Earliest Evidence of Ice Age Fishing Techniques

Pompeii’s Body Casts Reveal Surprising Truths Through Genetic Analysis

Hallucinogens Discovered in Ancient Egyptian Ritual Mug

New Evidence Suggests Neanderthals Collected for Aesthetic Reasons

Earliest Alphabet Found in Syria

Neanderthals’ 65,000-Year-Old Tar Oven Discovered in Gibraltar