Ancient Egypt , China and Mesopotamia are all frequently cited as long-lasting civilizations, enduring for thousands of years. But which of these soc…
The recovered statue. (Marcelo Ebrard C./Twitter) Mexico has recovered from the United States a giant stone statue known as an "Earth monster&qu…
Looking to the stars for constellations that preside over birth and life has a long and complex history, and archaeologists have just uncovered a sma…
The world renowned composer Ludwig van Beethoven was infected with hepatitis B when he died, according to the first ever DNA analysis of the deaf m…
Professor Gaudzinski-Windheuser standing next to a life-size reconstruction of an adult male European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquu…
The Khufu Pyramid, a colossal archaeological structure shrouded in enigma, ranks among the largest monuments globally. In 2016 and 2017, the ScanPy…
Archaeologists accidentally discovered the world's earliest horseback riders while studying skeletons found beneath 5,000-year-old burial mounds …
A previously unknown lineage of Europeans survived the coldest parts of the last ice age, only to vanish when Europe went through a warm spell start…
A sea creature mentioned in 13th-century Old Norse manuscripts, which historians thought was a kraken-like mythological monster, is actually a whal…
Egyptian officials have released photos of an ancient scroll, the 52-foot-long (16 meters) Book of the Dead papyrus recently discovered in Saqqara . …
A digital reconstruction showing how the Sumerian temple at Girsu may have looked 4,500 years ago. (Image credit: British Museum) Archaeologists i…
A recent study suggests that the skeletal remains of two brothers buried over 3,400 years ago in northern Israel, indicate that they had significant …
replicas of copper arrowheads and knives crafted by people of North America's Old Copper Culture Copper’s allure has endured for millennia. Bot…