The collection of severed heads was a unique funerary practice within the ancient Iberian world, notably in the Iron Age between 2,000 and 3,000 years ago.

The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens of thousands of years ago—millennia before Magellan, Zheng He, ...

Nearly a year-and-a-half ago human remains were recovered from a peat bog near the village of Bellaghy in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

According to research by the British neurophysiologist Peter Fenwick, near-death experiences (NDEs) occur in approximately “10% of people who come close to death, or who survive actual clinical death.

Europeans did not always look the same as they do today. Among the things that have changed are skin tone, which has gotten lighter over time.

Archaeologists have uncovered what is now considered the oldest known section of the Great Wall of China—one of the most iconic structures on earth—dating back nearly 300 years earlier than previously ...

Egyptian authorities have revealed a significant archaeological breakthrough, which is the discovery of the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, who ruled Egypt for a short time around 1,480 BC.

Archaeologists have created a new model to help identify archaeological bear baiting assemblages in England and beyond, illuminating a practice that was still shockingly common just three centuries ag ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...