For most people, the image that comes to mind at the mention of archaeology is ancient tombs or dinosaur fossils, not cutting ...

A previously unknown medieval castle has emerged from the Swiss landscape after a researcher studying high-resolution terrain maps identified telltale features of an early fortification near ...

The St Anne’s Park Community Archaeology Programme has been honoured for allowing students and volunteers to dig deep into ...

Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...

Tucked under London’s Palace of Westminster— one of the most famous structures in the city and home to the Houses of ...

Archaeologists uncover 16 Indigenous canoes, one older than the Pyramids, revealing a vast prehistoric travel network.

The last two decades have seen a revolution in scientists' ability to reconstruct the past. This has been made possible ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 4th-century BC sacrificial complex at an ancient necropolis in Russia’s Southern Urals.

During restorations at the Palace of Westminster in London, excavations have revealed a trove of historic objects, the oldest ...

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.

Poverty Point, a 3,500-year-old earthen mound, is a well-researched UNESCO World Heritage Site, but a pair of studies ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...