Evidence from a site in southeast England suggests early humans were purposefully and repeatedly igniting blazes roughly ...

Two University of Houston professors' discovery of a Mayan ruler's tomb was named one of the top 10 finds of 2025 by ...

A monumental wall and 60 monoliths discovered underwater off Sein Island challenge established timelines of human ingenuity.

A young woman buried in China’s Tarim Basin some 2,000 years ago went to the afterlife accompanied by the height of fashion. The woman, who was wrapped in a felt blanket and buried in a coffin ...

Colombia has recovered the first artefacts from the San José galleon, a 1708 shipwreck long dubbed the “holy grail of ...

Recently, Mutin and geochemist Antoine Zazzo of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris led a team that used new methods of radiocarbon dating to analyze tooth enamel from 23 Neolithic people ...

Archeological excavations at Jerash continue to produce new finds more than a century after the ancient city’s rediscovery.

As the pioneering British jewellery brand launches its first full collection — Origins — founder Samuel Stirrat recalls his ...

Karahan Tepe is emerging as one of the most extraordinary archaeological sites on Earth, predating much of known civilization by more than 11,000 years. Recent excavations have revealed over twenty ...

Colombia has recovered gold and bronze coins, a porcelain cup and a cannon from a sunken Spanish warship dubbed the “holy grail of shipwrecks.” The artifacts are the first treasures to be recovered ...

An expansive ancient city has been unearthed in central Asia, shedding light on the area's industrial history and ranking as "one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries in this region for ...

History doesn’t always reveal its secrets willingly. While most archaeological finds eventually yield their stories through carbon dating and careful analysis, some discoveries resist every attempt at ...