A 2,400-year-old ritual site in southern Russia has emerged as the most lavish sacrificial complex of its kind yet uncovered, ...

New findings at Kition-Bamboula highlight Phoenician inscriptions and Archaic structures that broaden insight into early ...

A pioneering analysis of the Hjortspring boat, the oldest known planked vessel in Scandinavia, has provided the first solid material clues about the origin of the warriors who crewed it during a ...

Ancient Greek records contain stories about Greek alphabet origins. Could the Greek alphabet actually have an Egyptian ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

Researchers have found that people living over 8,000 years ago were already using mathematical ideas when they painted ...

A scientific team that includes research staff from the University of the Basque Country (EHU) has succeeded in ...

Archaeology and cutting-edge science have come together to unlock secrets and rewrite stories of the Lancaster district's ancient past.Human remains ...

Beneath the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a long-forgotten royal chamber and artefacts dating from the Mesolithic period to the Victorian era—a major discovery that ...

A young aristocratic woman buried in 7th-century BCE Boeotia wearing her bronze diadem upside down — lions facing the sky as ...

A hidden marvel beneath the earth's surface has emerged near Stonehenge, revealing a story of ancient ingenuity that has left ...