Historical records from 1350 show that as many as 12,000 people were buried in 11 “ plague pits ” outside the city of Erfurt, ...

A DNA analysis of human remains found that two medieval men were buried in a peculiar position at a ritualistic site from the ...

Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

In a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Dr. Ellery Frahm and his colleagues analyzed two ...

Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and ...

Archaeologist still depend upon tools used for hundreds of years, but some are taking advantage of what technology offers. Things like ground penetrating radar, microscopes, even satellites. Learn ...

Archaeological Science, often interchangeably termed archaeometry, represents an inherently interdisciplinary field that blends methods drawn from the physical, chemical, biological, and social ...

Analysis of a mummy kept for a century at the University of Turin in Italy has revealed rare face tattoos made with a special black ink. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of “pop-science” reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...

Upon the open grasslands of what is now Kazakhstan, there once stood a Bronze Age settlement that may have served as a center of exchange and power around 1600 BC. The settlement — called Semiyarka ...

Learn about the excavation process of archaeology as Dr. Peter V. Lape and his team dig up the past. Archaeology is the study of human behavior based on the evidence of artifacts excavated from the ...