Learn more about the people who once used Grotta della Monaca as a sacred burial site.

High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

According to Ancient Minoan marriage rules, first cousin marriages were nothing unusual in the particular society.

The Sverris Saga, written in the 12th century, describes King Sverre’s rise to power and his conflict with the Baglers. The ...

A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's Center for Maritime Archaeology, has clarified the first settlement of New ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

In a hillside cemetery in southern Italy, the bones of a small Bronze Age community have yielded a secret that their stone ...

The world of archaeology never ceases to amaze us. Every year, numerous historical discoveries are made that leave no one ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

When a relative died, I was given an extraordinary artifact—and a head-spinning journey down a 25-year ethical rabbit hole.