Two new exhibitions at the Museum of Sydney put local archaeology on show, and invite visitors to hunt for relics.

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 ...

A newly uncovered fossil site beneath theJava Sea is shifting scientific perspectives on early human survival and prehistoric ...

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

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 ...

Sediment DNA also traces life outside the cave. Predators dragged prey into sheltered chambers, humans left waste behind. By ...

Ultimately, these 573 fortresses redefine what we know about northern China’s prehistory. Long before the first emperors ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...

Based on genetic material preserved in birch bark tar from Estonia, researchers found that the teen likely had brown hair and ...