A site in Switzerland contained evidence of an administrative center that was part of a bigger plan to build a urban center ...

Humans have been modifying their skull shapes since prehistory, but the discovery of a cube-shaped skull has researchers ...

A teenage boy who lived more than 6,000 years ago was able to survive a lion attack and live for several months afterwards, a ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

New research has shown that water movement in clay-rich soils can lift stone artifacts toward the surface—exerting a natural ...

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A metal detectorist has discovered a strange Viking Age grave in Norway with scallop shells covering the mouth of the ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

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In early November 1927, the front pages of newspapers all over France featured photographs not of the usual politicians, aviators or sporting events, but of a group of archaeologists engaged in ...