Cara Wall-Scheffler/The Conversation Think about taking a walk: where you need to go, how fast you need to move to get there, and whether you need to bring something along to carry the results of your errand. Are you going[...]

In a very exciting discovery, a team of archaeologists has uncovered a treasure trove of ancient artifacts at the tomb of a Thracian warrior in the village of Kapitan Petko Voyvoda, near Topolovgrad, Bulgaria. The booty included a gold necklace,[...]

On August 15th, 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman, working on the SETI project in Ohio, detected for the first and last time (at least officially) a 72-second signal coming from outer space. This event, known as the "Wow! Signal," was monumental[...]

Jason Pohl/UC Berkeley While the dominant narrative and popular culture view Clovis points and tipped spears as a throwing weapon, UC Berkeley researchers say these tools may have actually been designed to be braced against the ground as a pike[...]

For the first time in more than 650 years, two ancient sister churches in Kent, England, have simultaneously reopened, marking a historic event for both locals and visitors. The churches, Dode and Paddlesworth, located just 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) apart,[...]

Archaeologists from the University of Iowa have uncovered the first-ever well-preserved mastodon skull scientifically excavated in the state. This remarkable find, dating back approximately 13,600 years, offers a rare glimpse into a time when humans and mastodons coexisted in what[...]

A massive quarry dating back to the late Second Temple period has been uncovered in Jerusalem’s Har Hotzvim Hi-Tech Park, revealing a significant glimpse into the city’s ancient past. The excavation has exposed one of the largest known quarries from[...]

Craig Barker/The Conversation How often do you think about the Roman empire? That was the question posed by a highly popular TikTok trend from last year. Women the world over were surprised to find out that, for many men, the answer is[...]

Late last month, excavations commenced at the 5,500-year-old Troy Archaeological Site in Tevfikiye village to uncover the damage and destruction the Trojan War left in its wake. Now, archaeologists have made an exciting discovery - four human skeletons, who’ve been[...]

In 2022, a surprising discovery was made within the walls of an abandoned fortress in northeastern Mongolia, shedding new light on a historically obscure period. An international team of archaeologists uncovered an elite grave dating back to the post-Kitan, pre-Mongol[...]

From the foothills of the southern Pyrenees in Spain, fascinating new evidence has emerged of Neanderthal behavior, once again reaffirming that these ancient humans were far more adaptable and clever than we once thought. The evidence points to Neanderthals knowing[...]

This ominous inscription has been uncovered by archaeologists in Corinth, Greece, who’ve uncovered a piece of ancient Roman history that’s straight out of a thriller novel - the remains of a Roman prison dated to 1,600 years ago. The prison[...]