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New study reveals the ancient Egyptian's odd way of retiring a pharaoh.
Surely whoever who pulled it out should now be king.
Ancient mud tells a story critics can no longer ignore
The story of the boomerang goes back in time even more.
A stunning Viking Age cemetery reveals lives of privilege, politics—and perhaps servitude.
A 200-year-old runic Lord’s Prayer found in Ontario defies easy explanation.
The new study uncovered a 250-year lineage organized by maternal descent.
Fragments reveal a luxury villa’s lost grandeur — and the artist who almost signed it.
The king was flanked by gods and mythical guardians.
We've had a Denisovan skull for almost a century and never even knew.
Roman soldiers were fit, but this one was built differently.
A new discovery ties myth to place, revealing centuries of cult worship and civic ritual.
They pulled up a church floor and found a staircase that led to 1500 years of history.
Archaeologists uncover thrush bones in a Roman taberna, challenging elite-only food myths
The wheel may have a more surprising origin story than you'd think.
The Ice Prince lived for only 18 months, but his past is wrapped in mystery, wealth, and extraordinary preservation.
Researchers link underwater treasure to the legendary Spanish galleon sunk in 1708
In northern Poland, DNA and artistry revive a young woman's face, centuries after her death.
Final report confirms identification of the famed vessel scuttled off Rhode Island in 1778.
A tiny dot on a face-shaped pebble shows that Neanderthals also had the ability to understand abstract art.
Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old bread—and a Turkish town brings it back to life
It took 40 years, X-rays, and a TV dig to uncover the truth behind the ornate bucket.
Smoking meat may be our human heritage.
Archaeologists think the Medieval Wall System wasn't just built to defend.
No, modern humans weren’t the first to craft pointed weapons using bones. Neanderthals were already doing it thousands of years ago.
Researchers unveil haunting 3D views of WWI sub that sank off San Diego in 1917
Long before whale hunting, humans were already crafting tools from whale bones.
Retracing Norse trade routes through sails, stories, and digital seascapes
Forget what ancient cities looked like — what if we could hear them?
This armor wasn't just for show. It could have seen deadly combat during the epic Trojan War.
Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,070-year-old Roman fortification once used to contain Spartacus.
A wounded man in 14th-century Lund reshapes how we understand care, status, and disability.
She was neither a Mayan nor an Incan. She was an elite Caral.
The classical assumption of how light and shadows danced in the Parthenon is all wrong.
Scientists think Ice Age humans crossed to this Scottish island and stayed.
Aztecs weren’t just warriors and priests, they were savvy traders.
A new archeology is being developed based on evidence of human activity in the Earth’s sedimentary record, and archeologists are helping to define the Anthropocene as a new stage in the geological record.
A strange embalming technique emerges from the annals of history.
These horses served the Roman Empire and were buried with military precision.
Cultural trauma and loss can silence even the most human of traditions.
High in the Peruvian Andes, archaeologists uncovered snuff tubes containing traces of hallucinogens.
A quiet Scottish pasture may upend everything we thought we knew about football’s birthplace.
You wouldn't want to drink from this 2,000-year-old vintage though.
The artifacts may help archaeologists learn more about the chaotic transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.
In Arizona’s desert, a 500-year-old cannon sheds light on conquest, resistance, and survival.
Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.
To march legionaries across the vast Roman Empire, solid footwear was required.
Ice Age humans mastered fire with astonishing precision.
Archaeologists discover 11th-century coin hoard, shedding light on a turbulent era.
Battle-wounded skeletons and ancient textiles offer new clues about the lesser-known Chuquibamba.
