When people think of ancient civilizations in South Asia, the Harappans often come to mind. But what if signs of human life ...

Evidence suggests ancient hunter-gatherers performed the first ever African cremation of a female sometime around 9,500 years ago.

Recent archaeological discoveries have unveiled ruins believed to be part of a civilization dating back 20,000 years, challenging our understanding of human history. These findings compel researchers ...

Historians and divers are trying to retrieve prehistoric clues from beneath the waves—but they have to act fast.

Your brain might have a hidden neural layer that puts you in touch with the same “figures” during altered states of ...

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had genetic ties with Mesopotamian DNA. When you purchase through links on our ...

Around 8,000 years ago, many civilizations thrived on plains that are now submerged by the North and Baltic seas. Now, scientists from a variety of northern European research institutions are ...