Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

Archaeologists believe that the stylus was carved to resemble a herm, a type of sculpture in ancient Greece that was often ...

Known as a carnyx, the instrument is only the third of its kind to be found in Britain. It was discovered in the territory of ...

Discovered in a First Dynasty tomb in Saqqara, the Sabu Disk is one of the most puzzling artifacts from ancient Egypt. Made ...

The NAM in Athens has reached into its vaults and unveiled octopus-themed artifacts from burials on Crete dating to the Late ...

Archaeologists working at an ancient burial site in Bahrain have made a remarkable discovery that is shedding new light on the mysterious Dilmun civilization. A rare 3,300-year-old faience mask was ...

The majority of the temple dates to the 7th century BC, but archaeologists discovered portions of the site that are even ...

High in the Peruvian Andes, a serrated stripe of pits cuts across a barren hillside, so regular and extensive that early ...

Lara Croft returns in Tomb Raider: Sacred Artifacts #1, on sale January 14th from Dark Horse Comics. After Croft Manor burns, ...

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

There was likely a familial relation between two of the fallen warriors—father and son—but the third body’s tie to the two ...

Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Neanderthals repeatedly deposited horned animal skulls in a Spanish cave over thousands of years, suggesting a culturally transmitted ritual ...