A new study suggests that a 9,000-year-old society in Catalhoyuk, a proto-city in southern Anatolia, may have established a ...

Are you as assured as Ashurbanipal about your knowledge of Mesopotamia, or as dim as Nimrud?

New Irish-led research casts doubts over suggestions that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland ...

The flute unearthed from an important Neolithic settlement in Iran shows how early humans progressed from their primitive ...

DNA from Stone Age burials in ancient Anatolia reveals the earliest known female-centered society in a farming community.

Ditch steel, glass, and reinforced concrete 6,000 years ago, Neolithic engineers in southern Spain were already accomplishing ...

Ahouati: Ivory Coast on Monday inaugurated a new extension of its first archaeological museum after Stone Age relics surfaced ...

With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism — and there are far more of them than you might imagine.

An ancient Turkish city was ruled by females who lived in a matriarchal society, more than 9,000 years ago, a new study has confirmed. Researchers analysed ancient DNA from Stone Age burials of more ...

Discover the surprising new findings about Europe’s oldest megaliths and the secrets hidden within France’s iconic Carnac ...

Near Bentfeld, Germany, archaeologists discovered a 1,600-year-old wooden well, initially mistaken for a livestock watering hole. The well, along with other artifacts, offers insights into the ...

Reports of Neolithic Irish god-kings, descended through an incest-practicing social elite, are lacking in evidence, say a ...