Just over two decades ago, as the new millennium began, it seemed that tracks left by our ancient human ancestors dating back more than about 50,000 years were excessively rare.
Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a sword in a three-person burial dating to the late 14th century B.C.
Scientists made a discovery during an underwater archaeological expedition in the Mediterranean Sea, uncovering three historical shipwrecks.
Archaeologists first spotted the hair of the 3,000-year-old mummy at the site of a rubbish dump.
At least one Medici was plagued by a deadly strain of malaria, analysis of organ tissue from the Medici family tomb reveals.
Melting ice around the world is revealing artefacts so fast archaeologists can barely keep up, writes Rick Noack
Discovery deep in Laotian cave shows humans voyaged out of Africa by at least 68,000 years ago
Archaeologists report discovering an "incredibly rare" and featured preserved floors and walls Roman mausoleum near London Bridge Station, UK.
Archaeologists from the University of Bologna have developed a system of AI algorithms that can identify previously undiscovered archaeological sites in the southern Mesopotamian plain.
Archaeologists conducting a study of the Muralla La Cumbre, a 10 km wall in northern Peru, have concluded that the Chimú Culture constructed the wall to protect the capital of Chan Chan against El Niño events.
Deep in Qiandao Lake, between China's Five Lion Mountains, lie the mysterious ruins of two ancient cities, dating back to the Han and Tang dynasties. Known as the 'Atlantis of China,' the place is largely preserved intact even after centuries.
Dr Wojciech Filipowiak, a Polish archaeologist with the archaeology and ethnology section of Poland’s Academy of Sciences, working with the support of the city of Wolin and the Wolin Archaeology Museum, suggests that he may have found the lost Viking settlement of Jomsborg near the island of Wolin in the Baltic Sea.
Researchers have identified engravings in Jordan and Saudi Arabia as the oldest known scaled building plans in human history.
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified three 4,000-year-old British cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria causing the plague—the oldest evidence of the plague in Britain to date, reported in a paper published in Nature Communications.
A recent study led by UCL researchers has discovered that Neanderthal genetic material inherited by humans has an impact on the shape of our noses.
A multi-institutional team of archaeologists have discovered the remains of a church from the submerged medieval settlement of Rungholt in the North Frisian Wadden Sea, Germany.
Improved radiocarbon dating aided by a solar flare in the year 775 sheds light on the early days of Vikings and global trading in medieval times.
