Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

A 3,800-year-old clay figure found in Peru may be the oldest Latin American civilization artifact, offering insight into the ...

The Fat Lady of Saliagos (also known as The Naked Lady of Saliagos) is the oldest known Cycladic sculpture. It is a marble ...

After eight years of research, experts have unearthed 18 structures so far, including residential homes and ceremonial temples. Experts believe the city—since named Peñico—was once a thriving urban ...

Beneath the rolling hills of West Java, Indonesia, lies a site that could challenge the very timeline of human civilization. Known as Gunung Padang, or the "mountain of enlightenment" by the local ...

Archaeologists excavating some 4,000-year-old ruins in Peru found a circular altar used for ceremonial burns, officials said and photos show. Photo from Peru’s Ministry of Culture At the base of an ...

The burial was discovered in the remains of a building in an ancient fishing town. Peru Ministry of Culture Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite ...

Several nations, including Iran, Egypt, and Vietnam, stand out in 2025 for their remarkable longevity and historical ...

The find recontextualizes the role Neanderthals played in evolution. Archaeologists working in Europe have found the oldest-known bone spear in Europe, dating back to the Neanderthal age between ...