Outperforming even the most voracious and ruthless human invaders, the Black Death decimated English towns of all sizes in ...

Many different causes likely contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire, in the various stages of that phenomenon.

The Denisovans are the most enigmatic and mysterious of human ancestors, and also one of the most fascinating.

In an incredible stroke of luck (or is it really precocious skill?), a three-year-old amateur archaeologist has made history ...

A vivid digital reconstruction has brought to life the face of a Mycenaean woman who lived over 3,500 years ago, offering an ...

A groundbreaking, high-resolution 3D reconstruction of the Titanic wreck has unveiled new clues about the ship’s ill-fated descent into the icy waters of the North Atlantic.

A team of Polish archaeologists has been credited with one of the most extraordinary finds in recent memory in Peru.

French archaeological mission, composed of experts from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, France’s National Center for ...

Neil Carlin, Catherine J. Frieman and Jessica Smyth/The ConversationIn County Meath in eastern Ireland sits the world heritage site of Brú na Bóinne.

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers including scholars from Brown University have unearthed a buried alta ...

French researchers are investigating what they believe could be the pathway of long-lost Roman canal constructed over 2,000 years ago.

The Secwépemc people, known by non natives as the Shuswap, are a Nation of 17 bands occupying the south central part of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The ancestors of the Secwépemc people ...