The tumulus (or burial mound) now stands about 26 feet (8 meters) above a natural hillock and more than 100 ft (30 m) above ...

Archaeologists recovered the naturally mummified remains of more than 100 Indigenous Yakuts who were buried in Siberia ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and ...

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

Residues on arrow tips found in South Africa hint at how far back in history humans have been using poison for survival.

Archaeologist still depend upon tools used for hundreds of years, but some are taking advantage of what technology offers. Things like ground penetrating radar, microscopes, even satellites. Learn ...

They drew with crayons, possibly fed on maggots and maybe even kissed us: Forty millenniums later, our ancient human cousins ...

Ancient Nubian tattoos on children reshape ideas about belief, care, and the body. Along the Nile, in what is now Sudan, ...

Starting a fire led to advancements such as cooking, which unlocked nutrients that improved the size and cognition of the ...

Archaeological Science, often interchangeably termed archaeometry, represents an inherently interdisciplinary field that blends methods drawn from the physical, chemical, biological, and social ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the world’s earliest intentional cremation of an adult human known till date in Malawi, a ...

A University of Aberdeen archaeology student discovered an impressive relic from Scotland’s medieval Pictish kingdom. While volunteering on a dig in a major hillfort settlement, the student found a ...