Throughout human history, our understanding of the past has been reset countless times based on what we think we know ...

Archaeologists in Germany have identified a set of wooden spears that might be younger than previous estimates. This shift in ...

Each Olmec head is unique, leading archeologists to believe they may have been made in honor of ancient Mesoamerican rulers.

They are the Clovis caches, groupings of exquisitely carved spear points and/or other flaked stone artifacts crafted thousands of years ago. Were they stored for a planned retrieval that never came?

Zimbabwe is the house of stone, both literally and figuratively, with its very name derived from the ancient stone city of ...

Below are some well-known artifacts that continue to captivate the world: Discovered in 1799, the Rosetta Stone was key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. Inscribed in three scripts—Greek ...

The team needed microscopic analysis to really see the engraving patterns (the only modification made to the stone). “The overall pattern suggests that the artifact represents a human figure ...

Archaeologists found five curious lead boat-shaped objects dating back to the Bronze Age, over 3,000 years ago, at the site ...