Controversial new archaeological research casts doubt on a classic theory of this famous island's societal collapse.

The Gjellestad ship is roughly 1,200 years old.

A sanctuary called the “Holy of Holies” offers “the earliest evidence for the use of cannabis in the Ancient Near East.” Who was the Kingdom of Judah’s pot dealer?

A sanctuary called the “Holy of Holies” offers “the earliest evidence for the use of cannabis in the Ancient Near East.” Who was the Kingdom of Judah’s pot dealer?

Technology seems to have been a routine part of Neanderthal life.

Recent research highlights the power of the canine nose to uncover buried remains from ancient human history.

Of all the volcanic eruptions to shake our planet in the last 2 million years, the Toba super-eruption in Sumatra, Indonesia, was one of the most colossal. But it may not have been the global catastrophe we once thought it was.

The wagon—and the wagon wheel—could not have been put together in stages. Either it works, or it doesn’t. And it enabled humans to spread rapidly into huge parts of the world.

Archaeologists have long studied diseases in past populations. They've explored the evolution of pathogens and how they interacted with humans.

Despite cultural upheavals, highlands residents persisted

Two hundred years of forced dispossession cannot erase millennia of land ownership and connection to country.

A three-ply cord fragment made from bark was spotted on a stone tool recovered at a cave in France.

Could ancient bronze weapons really hack it in combat?

When people first arrived in what is now Queensland, they would have found the land inhabited by massive animals including goannas six metres long and kangaroos twice as tall as a human. We have studied fossil bones of these animals for the past decade. Our findings, published today in Nature Communications, shed new light on the mystery of what drove these ancient megafauna to extinction.

The purpose of such an elaborate structure remains a big open question

Researchers lifted the ancient Egyptian mummy out of her coffin for the first time in 100 years and, to their surprise, uncovered the ancient artworks

A site unearthed in the Kimberly region of Western Australia offers glimpses into First Nations life before and after the Ice Age.

‘We have a solution that allows us to generate information beyond the limit of ancient DNA and can be applied to any large mammal species’

Scientists used near-infrared spectroscopy to spot telltale lesions in mummies' arteries.

We invoke their name as an insult, but continuing discoveries about the extinct Neanderthal culture suggest the existence of a rich, complex symbolism we still do not fully understand. Now, we have another artefact to admire.