Archaeologists are to resume digging at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney after 3D radar technology led to an "extraordinary ...

Archaeology, the study of human history through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts, often unearths ...

Across North America, archaeologists are pulling remarkable stories out of the ground, from Ice Age footprints to buried ...

BUXTON, N.C. — The Lost Colony, a story many of us have heard, is about the apparent disappearance of 117 colonists in the late 1500s. Now, researchers tell WTKR News 3 that they believe their most ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

Archaeologists excavated site near Bentfeld and found a rare 1,600-year-old wooden structure and other artifacts, officials said. Photo from EggensteinExca / S. Knippschild via LWL The summaries below ...

An archeological investigation into an ancient city in central Asia has shed new light on the region's economic history.

A 1,400-year-old crown found in a tomb in Gyeongju, South Korea is among recent archaeological discoveries. Photo from Korea Heritage Service The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI tools ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity. The excavation ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake Titicaca. Known as Tiwanaku, it began as a humble farming village in the ...

Divers exploring the centuries-old Antikythera wreck retrieved intact pieces of the ship and found artifacts that shed light on life aboard the craft. The Antikythera shipwreck dates back to the first ...

Three of 12 boat chambers at Herculaneum, with skeletons inside. Image: Norbert Nagel When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, hundreds of panicked people from the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum ...