The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...

The puppets, unearthed in El Salvador, have movable heads, strange facial expressions and may have been dressed for ritual roles.

The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...

Archaeologists in China have discovered a unique burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, with a toxic ...

The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...

Researchers have found a treasure trove of structures from an ancient civilization — by using a modern technology.

Maya adornment incorporated a broad range of ... culture of clothing alone can convey,” says Astrid Runggaldier, an archaeologist and assistant director of the Mesoamerican Center at the ...

An excavation project archaeologists are calling “a game changer” in Motza near the city of Jerusalem, has revealed an expansive 9,000-year-old settlement. According to the Australian Broadcasting ...

The Athenian Agora. Credit: Wikipedia/Sharon Mollerus/ CC-BY-2.0 With Greece’s rich and expansive history, it comes as no surprise that the country is adorned with countless archaeological wonders ...

An archaeology breakthrough has discovered that humans inhabited rainforests around 150,000 years ago, a staggering 80,000 years earlier than previously believed. This revelation comes from an ...

Current Archaeology Live! 2025 took place on 1 March 2025 at University College London’s Institute of Education, and where 600 of you joined us to hear the latest news on important discoveries and ...

For more information see: ucl.ac.uk/upc. The Archaeology BSc focuses on scientific analysis. Students learn to apply analytical techniques used to investigate archaeological questions (such as ...