Researchers found 788 obsidian artifacts, including sacrificial knives, blades, and ear spools, at the Temple Mayor in ...

Researchers discovered a centuries-old mummy in Austria that was exceptionally well preserved, likely due to a previously ...

Every chip of flint or shard of bone builds a narrative of how early humans used tools to feed themselves and cooperated to ...

New research uncovers how two ancient hominids used their hands in unique ways for climbing, tool use, and movement.

Archaeologists uncovered a testicle-shaped dagger buried at the ancient Gullberg fortress, and experts believe the dagger, ...

From ethnographic accounts and ancient Mayan imagery, we know that the Maya engaged in various forms of body modification, ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

Researchers discovered that a 1746 Austrian mummy was embalmed with wood chips and zinc chloride, preserving internal tissues ...

Today, piles of ancient oyster shells are noticeable to ... shell beads, and stone tools—across 65 percent of the islands. Oyster shells were strewn over a quarter of them.

Instead, the study suggests, Deinosuchus belonged to an ancient lineage that split off before the last common ancestor of today’s alligators and crocodiles, carrying characteristics that are ...

NASA and other sky experts call this group of ancient stars “a truly distant wonder.” It’s best observed in June, but you can start to search for it already in our night sky. The easiest way ...

Or what remedies filled the medicine cabinets of pyramid builders? Turns out, one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured healing plants still exists today — and modern science is finally catching ...