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Nineveh was one of the most remarkable urban centers in ancient Mesopotamia.
After countless hours of study, the furniture conservator found hunter-gathers used dots and dashes to record the reproductive cycles of animals.
It’s one of the longest running disputes in the global museum sector. Could this be a start for museum decolonization?
Neanderthals may have opened up forests using fire and cutting tools much earlier than modern humans have.
New laser method uncovers insights about prehistoric trade routes.
A glimpse into childhood behaviors in Copper Age societies.
A 17,000-year-old canine humerus is cementing the notion that man's best friend originates in Western Europe.
The story of a 'fake emperor' from a far-away province at the edge of the Roman Empire just got a lot more interesting.
Recreating long-faded smells from history to evoke the past is a new way to experience culture in museums and tours.
Early humans liked their fish well done.
Researchers may have discovered a new motif for tattoos.
A digitized tour lets you visit the thousands-year-old chambers from your living room.
It's the most significant find of its kind in Italy in the last half-century.
Finding organic material preserved in Finland's soils is exceedingly rare.
The study results verify biblical accounts of military campaigns against the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
Even as some questions are unclear, the replica is helping us understand a piece of this ancient time.
These could be the legacy of Turkic tribes moving through the area.
Any engineer today would be proud of them.
The urban settlement didn’t have a city center or a surrounding defensive wall, but it had an interesting peculiarity.
This valuable piece of local history was discovered by chance under a former department store
Gilding techniques were incredibly well developed in the Middle Ages.
The arrow, which shows impressive craftsmanship, dates from the 6th century BC, two hundred years before the Vikings emerged.
The work of art is beautifully preserved and shows great craftsmanship.
Scientists originally thought she was male, but a fresh look has revealed some surprises.
The damage caused by firewood harvesters hasn't healed even today.
Humans and opium have a long history together.
This is a "once-in-a-lifetime" event.
What was living like for the Mayans?
The tooth is almost two million years old.
Neolithic porridge, anyone?
The remarkable Stone Age operation was made on a child who survived and years later grew into adulthood.
This Chinese statue seems to have been repaired several times over the centuries.
Since the early 1980s, scientists have found more than a staggering 14,000 artifacts at the 3,000-year-old archaeological site of Sanxingdui in southwest China. And this site, known for sacrificial pits, is the gift that keeps on giving. Chinese scientists now report the discovery of a large bronze statue found at Sanxingdui’s Number 8 sacrificial pit, […]
The area around Românești seems to have been an important stone-age projectile manufacturing site.
The life of a medieval friar was tough.
Metal-making practices described in a 2300-year-old text are more sophisticated than anyone realized.
The Romans gambled their bread money using asymmetrical and 'unfair' dice. A new study suggests they might have cared more about gods than math.
Environmental problems fueled the chaos that destroyed a kingdom -- and cleared a path for a new religion.
Climate can make or break empires.
These pendants don't seem to have been considered 'special' in any way, though.
Not bad for a Fossil Friday!
Now that is an old vintage!
Wine played an important role in the history of the Roman Empire — and the Roman Empire played an important role in the history of wine. Many Romans believed you should drink wine every day, which made the drink “democratic”. Wine wasn’t just a drink for the aristocrats; it was enjoyed by craftsmen and slaves; […]
AI is pioneering a new field of data-driven archeology that may help answer some of the great mysteries from the dawn of humanity.
They are believed to have been ancestors of the Neanderthals, living in Britain up to 620,000 years ago.
'Thou who shall not be named' turns out to be multiple deities.
The common assumption that kings had often meaty lavish feasts may need to be changed.
There are many theories behind the finding, from a bizarre tragedy to the frogs being attracted to the area
The new discoveries could shed light on how life was like beyond the wall for the "barbarian" tribes.
We're still only starting to understand Neanderthal culture.
