Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...

Based on genetic material preserved in birch bark tar from Estonia, researchers found that the teen likely had brown hair and ...

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

On Native American Heritage Day, we examine a long-overlooked marvel of ancient engineering that had been tucked away beneath ...

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Some of the ancient buildings, located along China’s mountaintop rivers, dated back to as far as 2800 B.C.E., with others ...

The domestic cat has a long, complex and uncertain history. Ancient DNA is making its origin story clearer.

Greek statues are admired worldwide for their extraordinary beauty, but do they truly reflect the actual appearance of the ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

Scientists have uncovered evidence of a colossal shark that lived off northern Australia about 115 million years ago, ...

Oxford researchers map the evolution of the kiss and conclude that mouth-to-mouth contact likely arose in a common primate ancestor 16.9-21.5 million years ago.

Fans of the Assassin's Creed franchise may finally get to visit Ancient Rome, but it could instead be through a Netflix ...