An isolated burial in Sudan has revealed the first evidence of an unknown funeral ritual that took place nearly 4,000 years ago in a little-known African kingdom, a new study finds. In the grave, ...

The burial site was 4,500 years old, but archaeology society members saw enough evidence to believe it was already in use nearly 8,000 years earlier.

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

Nearly 250 schoolchildren — some from a girls’ Lego construction team — and 35 adult volunteers helped search for the ...

Plastic is a useful and versatile material, but let’s face it: it’s a massive environmental problem. Virtually every piece of ...

Researchers from the Prehistoric Studies and Research Seminar and the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Barcelona ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...

Archaeologists studied Semiyarka, dubbed The City of Seven Ravines, a settlement from 1600 BC that may have been a powerhouse for metal production. Here’s what they found.

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“This caught our attention because there is no evidence in the archaeological record that wolves ever lived on these islands, ...