Mayan language experts have decoded the name of a previously unknown Maya queen on a stone inscription discovered last year.

For centuries, Rapanui oral traditions said the statues “walked” from the quarry—but Western scholars dismissed this as myth, assuming instead that log rollers were used. Research by Dr. Terry Hunt ...

The community living on Lake Mezzano 3,000 years ago left behind Bronze Age artifacts in addition to the wooden posts that ...

From the rediscovery of the “Lost Golden City” in Egypt to North America’s oldest footprints, 2021 reshaped our understanding ...

Most comprehensive study of the temple complex and its surrounding land and water scapes identifies the earliest period of ...

In the heart of the ancient Roman city of Gabii, located just 11 miles east of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by ...

The prehistoric peopling of Europe has long been documented as occurring in waves from the western edge of Eurasia.

The university's home for ancient objects reopens after being closed for almost three years to design a space for intimate ...

New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a once-submerged land bridge that may have helped early humans cross from ...

Complexity science can help archaeologists understand how the everyday actions of ancient people accumulated into the ...

JAMESTOWN — Every October, Virginia comes alive with Archaeology Month, and Jamestown Rediscovery is digging into the past like never before. This coming Saturday, visitors can explore history ...

Newly discovered prehistoric artwork suggests how a pioneering sect of desert nomads, unknown to history until now, carved out an existence about 12,000 years ago in the harsh environment of northern ...