An isolated burial in Sudan has revealed the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took place nearly 4,000 years ago in a little-known African kingdom, a new study finds.

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Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

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

Maya Ogren's lasting impact on environmental education continues to grow, nearly a decade after she poured her life's final ...

Amid the vast destruction of the war, a small group of determined individuals fought to save Gaza's archaeological heritage.

Discover how scientists have finally found an answer for why we flinch when watching someone get hurt in a movie.

THERE was a time when a weekend in Dar es Salaam, Arusha or Moshi felt like an eccentric colonial radio broadcast drifting ...

A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...

Not every notable discovery consists of a single extraordinary artifact, a previously unknown structure, or a newly revised date for an ancient technology. Some of the most significant discoveries ...

The ruins of an impressive Roman basilica have been revealed after being hidden underwater for nearly 700 years.

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the ...