Analysis of mounting archaeological evidence from across human history and prehistory is challenging the widespread belief that men exclusively hunt and women exclusively gather....
A Norwegian couple made an unusual historic discovery during renovations of their home. First, they found a number of Viking-era artifacts, and then archaeologists declared that they had found a Viking grave, right there, under their floor. Experts have carried out a survey of the site and the grave is being hailed as a very...
It was revealed that in the Besni district of Adıyaman province, located in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, the Romans dug a 150-meter-long water tunnel into the mountain 1,700 years ago to irrigate their lands with the water flowing from the river.
Archaeologists from Koç University have uncovered an Imperial Hittite archive from the reign of Ḫattušili III during excavations at Kayalıpınar, located in the Yıldızeli District of Turkey’s Sivas Province.
Archaeologists hail ‘exceptional finds’ at venue whose existence was previously known only from mentions in ancient texts
Archaeologists in Iceland have found a sandstone carved with a Viking ship that may be the oldest picture ever found in the country.
Archaeologists in Norway unearthed dozens of tiny gold-foil figures at a former pagan temple.
A rare 2,500-year-old marble disc, designed to protect ancient ships and ward off the evil eye, was discovered by a lifeguard diving at sea at the Yavne-Yam archaeological site near Palmachim Beach.
Mystery Of Pyramids Submerged On Cuba Coast More Than 50,000 Years Ago In 2001, a Cuban-Canadian research team discovered what could be the ruins of an ancient city that sank more than 50,000 years ago between
The two brooches are the first definitive evidence of Viking presence on the island of Jomfruland in southern Norway.
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About 9,000 years ago, an influential and respected woman was put to rest in a burial in Bad Dürrenberg, Germany. She was buried in a sitting position with a child of about six months in her arms. Her spectacular clothes and lavish burial offer evidence she was a woman of high social status. A recent study may provide more...
Archaeologists from the Eurasian National University (ENU) have uncovered a pyramidal structure at the Kyrykungir archaeological site.
Language can be a time machine—we can learn from ancient texts how our ancestors interacted with the world around them. But can language also teach us something about people whose language has been lost? Ph.D. candidate Anthony Jakob investigated whether the languages of prehistoric populations left traces in Lithuanian and...
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While installing new gas lines in Peru, workers unearthed nearly a dozen pre-Inca mummies buried alongside a variety of artifacts.
While searching for a missing gold ring with a metal detector, the family in Norway found, to their big surprise, something entirely different in their garden on the island of Jomfruland.
Ancient timber preserved in a riverbed suggests humans were building wooden structures 500,000 years ago.
In the depths of the dense Amazon rainforest, a hidden masterpiece of ancient artistry has come to light, shedding light on the mysteries of prehistoric life. Dubbed the "Sistine Chapel of the Ancients," this extraordinary discovery unveils an awe-inspiring gallery of ice age rock paintings, etched onto an expansive "canvas"...
Archaeologists in Serbia are painstakingly brushing sand and soil off the ancient woodwork of a Roman ship discovered by miners in a vast opencast coal quarry.
Ancient DNA from Ukraine uncovers the earliest evidence of the arrival of the ‘steppe ancestry’ – the last piece of the modern Western European genetic puzzle.
A recent study published in Science Advances, has used ancient DNA to uncover the origins of workers who were buried more than 500 years ago within the Inca Empire, specifically at the site of Machu Picchu.
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have found evidence of the Roman destruction of Jerusalem during excavations at the City of David in the Jerusalem Walls National Park.
Medieval sword found off Israel’s Hof HaCarmel coast was likely lost during a naval battle 800-years-ago during the Crusader period.
Oregon archaeologists have found evidence suggesting humans occupied the Rimrock Draw rock shelter outside of what is now the Eastern Oregon town of Riley more than 18,000 years ago.
