An unknown species of human apparently mastered obsidian, something it had been thought only occurred in the Stone Age.

Dubbed the "Waziri papyrus," scholars are currently translating the text into Arabic.

Research finds secret of durability of buildings such as the Pantheon could be in the techniques used at the time

Ben Bacon is "effectively a person off the street," but he and his academic co-authors think they've found the earliest writing in human history.

Archaeology and genetics can’t yet agree on when humans first arrived in the Americas. That’s good science and here’s why

Archaic humans may have worked out how to sail across the sea to new lands as far back as nearly half a million years ago.

Findings this month of geoglyphs, which date back more than 2,000 years, are smaller and can be seen from the ground

The National Archaeological Museum’s Unseen Museum welcomes a 3rd-century AD funerary monument dedicated to a pet dog.

The Neolithic panel indicates a shift from hunting-and-gathering to an agrarian farming society among the Turkish region.

Decades ago, archaeologists discovered the work of Enheduanna, an ancient priestess who seemed to alter the story of literature. Why hasn’t her claim been affirmed?

The Vascones, an iron age tribe from whose language modern Basque is thought to descend, previously viewed as largely illiterate

Griffin Post's team was up against the wall, with bad weather moving in after six days of searching. With an hour to go, thanks to some quick thinking by one scientist, they recovered gear left behind by Bradford Washburn in 1937.

Archaeologists in northern Iraq have unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees, dating back to the Assyrian Empire

Desertification can wear down ancient ruins or hide them under dunes—leaving researchers scrambling to keep track of where they’re buried.

Archaeologists share how they use iPad Pro and Apple Pencil to capture data at the excavation site at Pompeii.

The oldest documented instance of opium use in antiquity was uncovered by Israeli researchers who found traces of the drug in ceramic items from the 14th century B.C.E.

Everything You Know About History Is Wrong is a new series exploring widely believed historical myths. New installments will be published every few weeks. If you enjoy this sort of thing, let us know!

AS A NEANDERTHAL RESEARCHER, I’m familiar with the stereotypes of Homo neanderthalensis: dull, unintelligent, lacking the imagination to do more than bash each other on the head. They just sat around, gnawing on mammoth, awaiting their inevitable extinction. So, in 2018, I was excited when I saw a headline announcing “It’s Official: Neanderthals Created Art.”

The ruins were originally uncovered in Scarborough, England, last year

It was a Spanish galleon laden with treasures so sumptuous that its sinking in the Bahamas in 1656 sparked repeated salvage attempts over the next 350 years. So when another expedition was launched recently, few thought that there could be anything left – but exquisite, jewel-encrusted pendants and gold chains are among spectacular finds that have now been recovered, having lain untouched on the seabed for hundreds of years.