Fresh analysis of over 200 ancient silver coins from first millennium AD Southeast Asia has revealed extensive economic connections spanning from Bangladesh to Vietnam.

A remarkable Bronze Age sickle of British origin has been discovered in the Seine Valley at Val-de-Reuil, France, offering compelling evidence of extensive cross-Channel trade networks over 3,000 year ...

A gruesome archaeological discovery in Spain has revealed that 5,700 years ago, Neolithic farmers engaged in systematic cannibalism against entire families, challenging the peaceful image of early agr ...

New research reveals that a spectacular Viking silver hoard discovered in North Yorkshire demonstrates the far-reaching trade connections between medieval England and the Islamic world.

Recent archaeological excavations in southwestern Turkey have unearthed a remarkably preserved 2,050-year-old council building that once served as the political and judicial nerve center of the ancien ...

A massive comet explosion that rocked Louisiana nearly 13,000 years ago has provided new evidence supporting one of archaeology's most controversial theories.

New research led by Tulane University archaeologists reveals that the ancient Maya civilization was far more populous than previously thought — supporting as many as 16 million people across parts of ...

Archaeologists excavating at ancient Shiloh in Israel believe they have uncovered the stone foundations of the biblical Tabernacle, the sacred sanctuary that once housed the legendary Ark of the Coven ...

Revolutionary 3D facial reconstructions have brought to life two Neolithic sisters who endured brutal lives in a 6,000-year-old mining settlement in the Czech Republic.

Scientists have successfully traced the mineral origins of sacred Maya Blue pigment found on Late Classic pottery from Buenavista del Cayo in Belize, revealing that the essential clay mineral traveled ...

Konstantine Panegyres/The ConversationThe Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake.

The destruction of the great library of Alexandria has been lamented as one of the biggest losses of the ancient world.