Beneath the Tuscan soil, a student archaeologist uncovered a 1,700-year-old statue with a twist—its head didn’t belong, and ...

Archaeologists identified the tomb as belonging to a high-ranking military leader who served under Ramesses III, a pharaoh ...

Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented ...

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in ...

The bonobo Kanzi, who learned to make stone tools, play Minecraft and communicate at the level of a 2-year-old human, has ...

A total of 79 ancient sites, including river terrace settlements and military fortifications, were discovered in South ...

Diana Vera, a passionate local guide from Serranía de la Lindosa, Colombia, leads a group of sweaty and panting European ...

Stone tools recently discovered in Ukraine could potentially rewrite history as the oldest evidence of human presence in ...

In the streets of Anyama, children play and braziers smoke on corners. There is little to show that the ground of this ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum is filled with archaeological treasures, here's our pick of some of the best historical marvels.

Traditionally, copper metallurgy is not thought to have emerged until millennia later, during the Chalcolithic period. Thus ...