Southwest Sinai held prized resources, especially copper and turquoise, that drew Egyptian expeditions from very early periods. In this interpretation, the violence isn’t random: it is propaganda, ...

Anthropology and Archaeology Professor Andrew Scherer explores social and ritual contexts of precolonial Mayan violence.

The new Open Lab will give people the chance to see hundreds of artefacts found during eight years of excavation at Auckland ...

“Within two scoops of a backhoe wielded by a contractor, two skulls were unearthed,” says Vancouver-based commercial real ...

We questioned what should remain, from the past – and what can you build, from what you learn?’ said designers Miuccia Prada ...

Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu have unearthed an 8ft iron spear, the longest from India's Iron Age, from Thirumalapuram. Found ...

Ancient tomb with strange owl sculpture Mexico’s ‘most significant’ find in decade - Find points to Mexico’s central role in ...

The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance ...

A smudge of blue on an ordinary-looking stone has forced archaeologists to rethink what Ice Age people in Europe could see, ...

‘Remarkable’ prehistoric elephant bone tool is oldest in Europe, archaeologists reveal - Archaeologists said the 500,000-year ...

A "princely" grave of a horse buried alongside two people has been discovered by archaeologists working on one of Britain's biggest digs. The excavation is being carried out by Oxford Cotswold ...

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