A collaborative archaeological effort between Egyptian experts and a team from the University of Pennsylvania has led to a groundbreaking discovery in the Gebel Anubis necropolis at Abydos, located in ...

Several years ago, archaeologists in China discovered something shocking near the northern fortifications of the Great Wall.

Our species, Homo sapiens, is about 230,000 years old. Estimates of when language originated vary widely, based on different forms of evidence, from fossils to cultural artifacts.

For decades archaeologists have exploring Egypt’s Eastern Desert, uncovering among other things the remnants of its vast ancient mining industry that functioned as an economic engine for the empire in ...

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery that could add some new and important details to the story of human evolution.

What if everything we’ve been taught about the dawn of civilization is a lie—or at least a half-truth? Picture this: more than 10,000 years ago, while the last Ice Age glaciers retreated, a ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Marbella, Spain, unearthing a stone with ancient engravings on its face that could rewrite the history of prehistoric art.

China's first pet cats arrived in the country sometime around the year 600 AD, and it seems they arrived via the famous Silk Road trade route that connected Europe and western Asia with China and all ...

The history of Ireland from the fifth century onward is so closely tied to the Christian church that it has now become impossible to discover the facts of what transpired before the arrival of the ear ...

Members of the Mount Ararat and Noah’s Ark Research Team announced what they believe is a significant discovery at a site that was first named as a possible final resting place for Noah’s Ark decades ...

The conventional theory is that humans and Neanderthals interbred between 40,000 and 50,000 years ago, with Neanderthals going extinct not long after that.

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority created quite a stir with their announcement that a body found buried in Jerusalem wrapped in chains had been a female, from the fifth ce ...