This gilt-copper nose ornament, discovered at the archaeological site of Loma Negra in northern Peru, depicts the important ...

Some of the recent advances in the quest to catch a whiff of history are featured in the new book Scents of Arabia: ...

The lashing winds and storm surge devoured dozens of feet of shoreline, disrupting a culturally significant archaeological ...

Yes, Gates is an actual archaeologist who graduated from Tufts University, where he majored in archaeology and drama. He is a ...

While more evidence is needed to link paleo-Americans to Japan, it is possible that they came by boat instead of crossing the ...

Archaeologists have recovered three unusual burials of Celtic women and girls who may have been sacrificed in England.

Dunbar Cave, home of numerous petroglyphs and pictographs dating back at least 800 years, was submerged by a flood in ...

Archaeologists in Troy, Ohio, uncovered an estimated 4,500 historic artifacts beneath the fire-damaged Overfield Tavern, ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

You’ve heard of Mayan cities of gold. You’ve heard of Aztec blood-filled temples. So why haven’t you heard about the sprawling structures of North America’s Cahokia?

New archaeological research challenges long-held assumptions about why ancient hunter-gatherers built the monumental earthworks at Poverty Point in Louisiana some 3,500 years ago. Rather than serving ...