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

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

Underwater archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University have recovered four exceptionally well-preserved medieval spears from Lake Lednica in western Poland, including one ornately decorated ...

In a remarkable intersection of modern engineering and historical preservation, construction workers in Varberg, Sweden, stumbled upon six centuries-old shipwrecks during a major tunnel project. These ...

Many people in the English-speaking world would have learned in school that there are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North ...

Archaeology often speaks to us through stones, bones, and ceramics. Rarely does it return the intimate voice of everyday acts ...

Imagine a remote Galapagos beach, where iguanas stomp around between fishing nets, flip flops, baseball caps and plastic ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, ...

New research suggests the Band of Holes in southern Peru may have been first a market and later an Inca accounting device.

The Bronze Age Boat Discoveries exhibition at Must Farm includes not only the three preserved vessels but also replica tools, interactive displays, and demonstrations of ancient craft techniques.

Researchers have rediscovered a long-lost Babylonian hymn from 1000 BCE, using artificial intelligence to piece together ...