Archaeologists in Poland have discovered a rare iron tool that the Celts used to perform cranial surgery 2,300 years ago. The ...

An international team of archaeologists from UCL, Durham University, and Toraighyrov University (Kazakhstan) has uncovered ...

A carefully crafted figure of a goose and a woman suggests that art reflecting spiritual beliefs entered a new phase among early villagers in the Middle East.

Once placed in tombs to serve the dead in the afterlife, Egyptian shabtis are getting a new kind of immortality, thanks to ...

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA— Science Magazine reports that a genetic study conducted by an international team of researchers has ...

High up in the icy mountains of Norway, archaeologists have discovered a unique 1,500-year-old reindeer trap, alongside ...

Live Science reports that a 1,500-year-old reindeer trap and unusual wooden objects have been recovered from melting ice in ...

A University of Chicago college student is among the 2026 Rhodes Scholars announced this weekend. Tori Harris, a fourth-year ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

In a research facility in Manila, microscopic grooves on ancient stone tools are challenging one of archaeology’s ...

University of Chicago student Tori Harris, a fourth-year in the College, has been selected as a 2026 Rhodes Scholar. She will attend Oxford University next fall with the goal of earning her master’s ...

Through cutting-edge forensic science and ancient DNA analysis, scientists have solved one of medieval Europe's most enduring archaeological mysteries. The victim, Duke Béla of Macsó, was a member of ...