The discovery reveals an unexpected connection to the ancient Silk Road.

After revisiting items from a Brazilian museum, researchers think humans may have been hunting whales 5,000 years ago, a ...

Researchers hope to glean further details from the site, including why use of the villa eventually ceased.

The handprints dotting the walls of an Indonesian cave had tapered fingertips, and the team found the prints were nearly ...

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass believes he's closing in on Queen Nefertiti's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, calling it ...

The prehistoric artist likely created the image by spraying ochre mixed with water over a hand flattened on the wall of a ...

The hand stencil is more than 1,000 years older than the previous earliest evidence of rock art.

Graffiti, produced by an inmate of an ancient Roman prison in Corinth, Greece, contained a chilling message for captors.

Famed archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass believes he is close to discovering the long-lost tomb of Egyptian Queen Nefertiti.

The ancient Chinese legend that Tang dynasty rulers donned gold-plated armor in battle had long been mere myth—until now.

Rhinos, now confined to Assam's grasslands, once roamed the Western Ghats near Coimbatore 3,500 years ago. Archaeologists ...

Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu have uncovered an 8ft-long iron spear dating back to 3,345 BCE, the longest Iron Age weapon ...