A recent study has revealed new insights into Stone Age life and death, showing that stone tools were just as likely to be buried with women and children as with men.

A groundbreaking new study has finally cracked the 6,000-year-old mystery surrounding Armenia's enigmatic dragon stones, known locally as vishaps.

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a forgotten Scottish castle that may have housed kings who ruled vast territories across western Scotland more than 700 years ago.

Hsiao-chun Hung/The ConversationSmoke-drying mummification of human remains was practiced by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia and beyond as far back as 12,000 years ago, my colle ...

Papua New Guineans carry a genetic story shaped by ancient migrations, Denisovan mixing, and extreme isolation.

Archaeological excavations at Konya's Karahöyük have yielded three remarkable discoveries that are rewriting our understanding of Bronze Age life in central Anatolia.

Explorers have stumbled upon what appears to be a massive stone doorway carved into the remote Dzungarian Alatau mountains of Kazakhstan, igniting widespread speculation about its origins.

Revolutionary sediment core analysis from the Roman town of Aldborough in Yorkshire has shattered long-held beliefs about Britain's post-Roman economic collapse, revealing that metal production not on ...

A controversial new scientific paper has sent shockwaves through the academic community by suggesting that life on Earth may not have emerged through natural processes alone, but could instead be the ...

Archaeological teams in southeastern Austria have made an extraordinary discovery that pushes back our understanding of European monumental architecture by thousands of years.Imagine standing in a vas ...

Konstantine Panegyres/The ConversationThe ancient Greek orator Dio Chrysostom (1st-2nd century CE) said in his speech To the People of Alexandria that there were two kinds of democracy: one good and o ...

A remarkable ceramic vessel discovered beneath the waters off Alexandria, Egypt, may represent the earliest known reference to Jesus Christ outside of Christian scripture.