New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

In the beginning, there were only myths. For the Greeks, the island of Crete was a distant and strange land and yet the site of some their most important traditions: Zeus was taken there to save him ...

Now, groundbreaking research published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage has finally unraveled the chemical mystery behind this extraordinary preservation phenomenon. The teenage boy's remains, ...

Dr. Marie-Loraine Pipes, a zooarchaeologist and adjunct professor of anthropology at SUNY Geneseo, recently sat down with The ...

Archaeologists have studied how astronauts use the International Space Station to improve its potential future successors.

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

Archaeologists from the University of Glasgow and the National Trust for Scotland have recovered more than 100 projectiles, ...

A certified metal detectorist has made a groundbreaking discovery near Leipzig, Germany, uncovering the oldest coin ever found in Saxony. The 2,200-year-old Celtic gold coin, known as a "rainbow cup" ...

At the northern end of Hadrian’s Wall, volunteers and archaeology students uncovered pottery, metalwork, soldiers’ tools, and ...

While filming the first episode of her show “Hidden Wonders”, TV personality Sandi Toksvig and Bournemouth University ...

Archaeological excavation in Benin City, Nigeria, ahead of the construction of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has ...

The discovery prompted an international search to figure out how the ancient headstone made it to New Orleans.