A solitary arch is all that remains of Fort Kyk-Over-Al, the fort built by the Dutch in 1616 when they ruled Guyana. The history of the site is not a peaceful one.

A carved deer bone found in Germany adds to a growing body of evidence of Neanderthals having artistic capabilities previously thought limited to Homo sapiens.

Could modern humans be biologically built to live far longer than Neanderthals and Denisovans? A new epigenetic study suggests our extended longevity may be uniquely ours.

A team of UCL researchers has announced the discovery of rock engravings spotted in Western Venezuela. According to the experts, a few petroglyphs included are some of the largest ever recorded worldwide.

Petroglyphs discovered in eastern Venezuela may date back up to 8,000 years, whispering stories of ancient culture and prompting new research and protection plans for a newly recorded rock art site.

A mummified crocodile may have been hunted and killed by ancient Egyptians for cult practices.

City of Aberdeen, Scotland Medieval records show people took fighting dirty to a whole new level as they may have been throwing urine and feces at one another during arguments. Newly discovered documents say the city’s residents threw “watter and filtht” and “violent water or filth” at each other.

The mysterious skeletons of Roopkund Lake - once thought to have died during a single catastrophic event - belong to genetically distinct groups that died in multiple periods.

Archaeologists in China have just reported on the discovery of a 1,700-year-old cemetery along the old Silk Road cons

Drone surveys at Fioccaglia in southern Italy reveal a Roman forum and a previously unknown monumental theater, reshaping what we know about the town’s urban scale.