For over three decades, the world pictured Ötzi the Iceman as a rugged, fair-skinned, and hairy prehistoric hunter braving the freezing Alpine winds. Discovered by chance in 1991 by two German hikers, ...

The Catastrophic Event That Plunged the World into Darkness How Ancestral Puebloans Thrived After The 536-541-AD Catastrophe Raknehaugen burial mound is the largest in Scandinavia, situated at ...

A fossil from Egypt hints we may have been looking in the wrong place for ape origins. A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, ...

During extensive rescue excavations ahead of a gas pipeline reconstruction, researchers unearthed a 3,000-year-old grave belonging to a woman adorned with an astonishing array of ancient jewelry. She ...

A routine archaeological excavation ahead of a new housing development near Gloucester, England, has revealed a remarkably preserved 3,500-year-old Bronze Age well. What initially appeared to be ...

An incredible rediscovery in the archives has brought to light the only known visual representation of a female beast hunter fighting in the Roman arena. The 1,700-year-old mosaic from Reims, France, ...

During archaeological salvage operations along the route of the new Mexico City-Querétaro Passenger Train, specialists from ...

“For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth…everything that is on the earth shall die…For forty days, the flood kept coming…The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days…the ...

A study incorporating fresh DNA data and archaeological evidence has revealed that the last Neanderthals in Europe experienced a massive population turnover. The research shows that late Neanderthals ...

For the first time, scientists have established a precise construction timeline for colonial-era coral buildings in French Polynesia, using an advanced uranium-thorium (U-Th) dating technique. The ...

During excavations outside the historic Alamo Church in San Antonio, Texas, archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable artifact: a fully intact, solid bronze cannonball. The discovery was made on ...

A recently unearthed letter penned by the famed British archaeologist Howard Carter has shed new light on the origins of the "Curse of the Pharaohs," revealing his intense disdain for the man who ...