Imagine walking through a bustling city, teeming with activity, organization, and cooperation. Now, shrink yourself down a ...

Scholars have long debated whether human activity or climatic factors prompted the Neolithic Revolution, the transition from ...

However, researchers have uncovered what they believe to be a massive subterranean gold deposit, potentially the largest of ...

When we think of modern innovations, we often picture digital devices, advanced medicine, or sleek engineering. But what if many of the ideas we call “modern” were already in use thousands of years ...

According to archaeology news site Ancient Origins, the Sumerian tablet was first uncovered at the site of the city of Uruk located in ancient Mesopotamia, which is in present-day Iraq. It was part of ...

A recent archaeological discovery in Ukraine has rewritten the timeline for when human beings began using ivory to construct tools and other ... been altered with an ancient bipolar-on-anvil ...

More than 5,500 years old, the wooden board is one of the most ancient preserved doors in Europe. Archaeologist Jakob Messikommer uncovered the prehistoric object from the marshes in Wetzikon in ...

(CNN) — Archaeologists working in an ancient Mayan city have unearthed a mysterious 1,700-year-old altar whose bright decorations and grim contents may hold the key to unraveling the complex ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...