More and more discoveries are revealing the creative capacities and impressive intelligence of archaic human ancestors, who were not the unthinking brutes they were once portrayed as being.The latest ...

Its a well-known fact that the ancient pyramids of Egypt were built as tombs and memorials for pharaohs, their families, and other aristocratic Egyptians from the elite classes, as the ancient Egyptia ...

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 ...

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

One of the most iconic moments in both Christianity and Judaism involves the miraculous parting of the Red Sea, allowing Moses and the Israelites to escape Egypt 3,500 years ago.

In a remarkable discovery, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a child buried approximately 29,000 years ago in Khao ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.Using advanced analysis based o ...

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.

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

Yonaguni monument, Japan. (nudiblue / Adobe Stock).

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.

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority created quite a stir with their announcement that a body found ...