Archaeologists have uncovered the largest early Neolithic timber hall ever found in Scotland, revealing sophisticated architecture and ceremonial practices that predate Stonehenge by centuries.

A remarkable archaeological discovery in Peru's northern highlands has revealed a 3,500-year-old urban center that served as a crucial link between ancient Pacific coast cultures and mountain communit ...

A stunning new archaeological discovery at Gordion, the ancient capital of the Phrygian Kingdom in central Turkey, may rewrite what we know about the funerary traditions of King Midas's dynasty.

Archaeologists in England have uncovered a beautifully preserved Roman well in Norfolk, offering an exciting representation of developments during Roman occupation.

More than two millennia after it guided sailors into the bustling harbor of Alexandria, the legendary Lighthouse or Pharos of Alexandria, the ancient world's most famous beacon, has partially emerged ...

For centuries, garum's pungent, briny charm haunted the written word of imperial cooks and self-righteous philosophers only.

In a novel discovery, archaeologists in South Moravia, Czechia, have unearthed a 1,800-year-old bronze fragment of a Roman wrist purse - a utilitarian and tactical piece of military gear that offers a ...

The Pesse canoe, shown here, believed to be the world's oldest known boat, and was made roughly 10,000 years ago in the Mesolithic period, from a Scots pine trunk, in the Netherlands region. (Drents ...

The inner and alternative meanings refer to subtler understandings of what Shambhala represents in terms of one's own body and mind (inner), and during meditative practice (alternative). These two ...

Justin Stebbing/The ConversationIn November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun.

The elongated skulls of Paracas in Peru caused a stir in 2014 when a geneticist that carried out preliminary DNA testing reported that they have mitochondrial DNA “with mutations unknown in any human, ...

The fall of Babylon is a historical event that occurred in 539 BC. This event saw the conquest of Babylon by the Achaemenid Empire under Cyrus the Great and marked the end of the Neo-Babylonian Empire ...