Long before modern safety standards, people pushed their bodies and minds to extremes in the name of belief. This video explores the most dangerous rituals practiced by ancient tribes: ordeals of pain ...

Sediment DNA also traces life outside the cave. Predators dragged prey into sheltered chambers, humans left waste behind. By ...

This in-depth exploration of prehistoric North America examines the earliest human migrations, dating evidence, settlement sites, and cultural developments stretching from Canada to Central America.

Archaeologists suspect the ancient society carried out two types of human sacrifices – one that involved mass burials of men ...

From landscapes and street to architecture, portraits, and beyond – these international photography contests want to see your ...

Dr Gillian Crane-Kramer and Dr Justin Lowry, both from SUNY Plattsburgh’s Department of Anthropology, who are both part of the Dead and Buried research project team (Image: University of Bradford and ...

Italian researchers found 2,000-year-old olive and vine remains under the Holy Sepulchre, matching John’s garden description ...