Archaeologists in Greece have made a rare and exciting discovery – an ancient unlooted tomb with the remains of an un

On the banks of the Tigris river, southeast of Baghdad lie Seleucia and Ctesiphon, once the capitals of Seleucid, Parthian and Sassanian empires.

Reported near Pylos, a 3,500-year-old Mycenaean boar tusk helmet highlights elite warrior status and echoes the famous Homeric description.

Archaeologists at Teotihuacan have uncovered evidence that over 1,700 years ago the ancient Maya sent a spider monkey as a peace offering.

The discovery of a Neanderthal stone tool with birch bark tar used as an adhesive has been reviewed in a recent study.

Untreated “virgin” fresco surfaces with vivid pigments have emerged at Villa Poppaea in Oplontis near Pompeii, offering rare insight into Roman elite décor.

New research on medieval burials in Denmark shows that wealthy individuals with leprosy were still given high-status graves near churches, challenging our understanding of disease stigma.

The University of Tennessee Knoxville continues to research Mississippian Period cave art and its significance, and more rock art is being found every year.

The first evidence of human life in the Olorgesailie Basin comes from about 1.2 million years ago. For hundreds of the thousands of years, people living there made and used large stone-cutting tools called handaxes (below left).

Neanderthals were innovators and even engineers! Researchers have discovered stone tools from 120,000 to 40,000 years ago with complex adhesive handles, showing advanced creativity.