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

The Romans knew their way around Europe. They also knew how to build with a view. A 2,000-year-old stone wall unearthed in a ...

The power station has actually yielded quite a few archaeological discoveries spanning numerous historical eras.

For more than three decades, Ötzi the Iceman has been a kind of time capsule for researchers—an Alpine body preserved so well that it keeps producing scientific “firsts.” Now, a new analysis suggests ...

Archaeologists often focus on what skeletal remains can tell about how and when ancient peoples died. But an individual’s ...

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material ...

Find marks first systematically identified burial site associated with plague burials in Europe, scientists say ...

Of the broadly 8 different types of museums, here are our picks of the top 31 best museums worldwide to tick off your bucket ...

The previously unknown settlement appears to have been abandoned at some point in the 1300s, but researchers don't know why ...

Daniel Pierce and Chris Bodine with the Missouri State University Center for Archaeological Research believe their findings ...

A 14,400-year-old wolf puppy’s last meal is shedding light on the last days of one of the Ice Age’s most iconic megafauna ...