Roughly 10,500 years ago, a teenage girl popped a piece of ancient “gum” into her mouth and started chewing. She probably had ...

Archaeologists from the Kecskeméti Katona József Museum have made a sensational discovery near Akasztó in Hungary's Bács-Kiskun county - three elite warrior burials dating to the 920s-930s that ...

A ship helmed by "Captain Santa" and loaded down with Christmas trees for Chicago sank in Lake Michigan more than a century ...

In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 BCE to 19th century CE). The genomes were taken from bones found in ...

If there were a place that could be called the archaeological almanac of Saudi Arabian culture, it would be Tell Abraq, ...

On March 20, 2003, a U.S.-led coalition began its invasion of Iraq. Approximately one month later, on April 10, 2003, U.S.

Researchers have uncovered extensive pre-Hispanic settlements hidden beneath the waters and vegetation of Bolivia's Great Tectonic Lakes. Using advanced LiDAR technology and collaborative fieldwork ...

The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

A new book argues that societies built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

The burial site was 4,500 years old, but archaeology society members saw enough evidence to believe it was already in use ...

Yet with centuries of archeological artifacts and one cemetery visible on Mississippi River maps from the 1800s, independent ...

Researchers exploring Bolivia’s Great Tectonic Lakes discovered a landscape transformed over centuries by sophisticated engineering and diverse agricultural traditions. Excavations show how Indigenous ...