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

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 ...

Sculptor François Décure met his demise trying to make his artwork in the Paris Catacombs accessible to the public above.

In the golden heat of Aswan’s cliffs, a small cloud of dust rose as archaeologists pried open a sealed rock-cut doorway. For ...

A mysterious formation in South America leaves visitors wondering whether this "Egyptian Sphinx" is a work of human hands or ...

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.

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

The opening of an exhibition dedicated to the special relationship between Nefertari's tomb and Italy brought the world's most famous Egyptologist, Zahi Hawass, and the Italian ambassador to Cairo, ...

According to a Penn Museum press release, the exhibition explores Indigenous perspectives by incorporating first-person ...

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

A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with ...