Latest Archaeology Stories
Early humans carved old skeletal remains from burial caves into tools
World’s oldest known wooden structure pre-dates our species
Stone Age animal engravings in Namibian caves guided Indigenous trackers over time
1,000-year-old mummy with full head of hair and intact jaw found in Peru
An ‘ancestral bottleneck’ took out nearly 99 percent of the human population 800,000 years ago
Ancient Egyptian mummy balm probably smelled delicious
Cremated remains still hold clues to life and death in the Bronze Age
Remnants of an ancient Roman society found buried in the Alps
Newly dated cave art tells a dark story in Borneo’s history
Pompeii’s archaeological puzzles can be solved with a little help from chemistry
Bronze Age cauldrons show we’ve always loved meat, dairy, and fancy cookware
Japan’s Hirota people intentionally reshaped their skulls more than 1,000 years ago
Michigan State students help unearth a 19th-century space observatory on campus
Ceramic pipes kept this town from flooding during monsoons 4,000 years ago
Mysterious skull points to a possible new branch on human family tree
This archaic arrowhead might be made from iron that fell from space
Ancient child’s grave holds intricate necklace with more than 2,000 stones
Gemstones carry the tale of their geographic origins
Space junk is a precious treasure trove to some archaeologists
Machu Picchu was home to ancient people from all over South America
Scientists build intricate Neolithic family tree from 7,000-year-old DNA
Leftovers of a 2,000-year-old curry discovered on stone cooking tools
A javelin-like stick shows early humans may have been keen woodworkers
Treasures from the ‘Ivory Lady’ tomb reveal a Copper Age woman’s extraordinary power
Damage on 39,000-year-old tools may reveal a prehistoric ‘Age of Bamboo’
A fresco discovered in Pompeii looks like ancient pizza—but it’s likely focaccia
Cut-up prehistoric bone raises questions about early human cannibalism
Newly discovered ‘Stonehenge of the Netherlands’ is 4,000 years old
Neanderthals were likely creating art 57,000 years ago
This 7th-century teen was buried with serious bling—and we now know what she may have looked like
This ancient Egyptian vessel once held a hallucinogenic brew
Lucy, our ancient human ancestor, was super buff
Humans ventured through Asia’s forests much earlier than we thought
Scientists use AI to help uncover elusive Nazca lines
Extinct human cousins may have beaten us to inventing burial rituals
The Roman Britons cared a lot about hair removal, and it shows in artifacts
Workers rely on medieval era tech to reconstruct the Notre Dame
A lost ‘bawdy bard’ act reveals roots of naughty British comedy
Plague DNA was just found in 4,000-year-old teeth
Ancient Mesopotamian texts show when and why humans first kissed
Blueprints engraved in stone from Saudi Arabia and Jordan could be the world’s oldest
‘Violent’ earthquakes accompanied the infamous volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii
Humans and Neanderthals could have lived together even earlier than we thought
Renaissance-era doctors used to taste their patients’ pee
A scientific exploration of big juicy butts
Archaeologists found a lost Roman fortlet in Scotland
‘Fingerprints’ confirm the seafaring stories of adventurous Polynesian navigators
Ancient Egyptians mummified animals and put them in beautiful tiny coffins
Ancient Maya masons had a smart way to make plaster stronger
This ancient Roman villa was equipped with wine fountains
Slàinte mhath! The oldest piece of Scottish tartan fabric has been identified.
Ancient DNA confirms Swahilis’ blended African and Asian ancestry
The Notre Dame fire revealed a long-lost architectural marvel
Get a high-tech tour of the long-lost Ironton shipwreck discovered in the Great Lakes
What the longest-lasting Mesoamerican cities all had in common
People may have been riding horses as early as 5,000 years ago
Details of life in Bronze Age Mycenae could lie at the bottom of a well
Scientists tracked the plague’s journey through Denmark using really old teeth
Archery may have helped humans gain leverage over Neanderthals
Scientists think they found a 2,000-year-old dildo in ancient Roman ruins
2.9 million-year-old tools found in Kenya stir up a ‘fascinating whodunnit’
Codebreakers have finally deciphered the lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
Neanderthals caught and cooked crabs 90,000 years ago
Ancient humans used mastodon bones to hunt the giant beasts