A stunning discovery was made along an Indiana riverbank after a more than 4,000-year-old skull was found.

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people ...

Miniaturized stone tools have long been recognized as hallmarks of human adaptation, but their role in South China has ...

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Local volunteers included schools, youth groups, and community organizations.

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to ...

New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a once-submerged land bridge that may have helped early humans cross from Anatolia into Europe. Archaeologists uncovered 138 Paleolithic tools across ...

The 1,900-year-old grave marker of a Roman sailor named Sextus Congenius Verus had been missing from an Italian museum for ...

Nondescript items can tell stories, good and bad, when archaeologists look at them.

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia discovered over 170 ancient rock engravings that may be among the earliest monumental artworks in the region. Created between 12,800 and 11,400 years ago, the massive ...

Cave explorers in Mexico have unearthed ancient artifacts from a hidden chamber that reveal a long-lost civilization. While ...

Researchers found over 200 cultural artifacts within nests of bearded vultures, with the oldest item to date — a woven sandal — estimated be from the 13th century.