A remarkably intact pottery vessel dating back more than 10,000 years has been recovered from the depths of Lake Biwa, Japan, marking one of the oldest and most significant ceramic discoveries in ...

During excavations in the village of Senon, archaeologists found three 1,700-year-old jugs packed with approximately 40,000 ...

In this video, I take you through the narrow tunnels, ancient chambers, and dusty passageways leading to the discovery.

The study, published in the journal Nature, is based on a years-long examination of a reddish patch of sediment excavated at ...

Archaeologists working in the historic Turkish city of İznik have revealed a stunning third-century fresco depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd"—the only known example of this iconic Christian motif ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

The first Denisovan skull, an ancient hunter’s toolkit and a Roman man’s brain that has turned to glass: here are our picks ...

From Homer to Philostratus, Ancient Greek sources describe Pygmies as dwarves at the world’s edge, fighting cranes and living ...

While keeping the long-dead crocodilian intact, McKnight and her team also “virtually” recreated the bronze hook lodged in ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

Excited scientists announced Wednesday they have discovered evidence in the UK of humans deliberately making fire 400,000 ...