For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

When people think of ancient burials in North Africa, they often picture Egypt's pyramids and monuments. But new discoveries show that north-western Africa also has a deep and fascinating prehistoric ...

Analysis - When people think of ancient burials in North Africa, they often picture Egypt's pyramids and monuments. But new discoveries show that north-western Africa also has a deep and fascinating ...

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Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

Players can freely explore the wilderness in these thrilling prehistoric open-world games that transport them far back in ...

told the BBC World Service's Science in Action programme. In the book - actually a set of inscribed clay tablets - Gilgamesh was described as having been buried under the Euphrates, in a tomb ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman settlement in the United ... and were likely stashed during a tumultuous period between world wars. | Published May 1 | Read More | ’Pointy bone ...

Chimpanzees and humans last shared a common ancestor around 6 million years ago. Scientists suspect this ancient ancestor must have been a drummer — using beats to communicate. “Our ability to ...

Leo thanked Pope Francis and repeated his predecessor's call for a church that is engaged with the modern world and "is always looking for peace, charity and being close to people, especially ...