Evidence from a site in southeast England suggests early humans were purposefully and repeatedly igniting blazes roughly ...

A golden era in dinosaur science is driving this fascination with dinosaurs. Around 1,400 dinosaur species are now known from ...

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A park is to be built near China's largest and most extensively excavated Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century–771 BC) site, the Liulihe site in Beijing's Fangshan district, a senior local official ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a burial unlike anything seen before—sealed for over 2,000 years, the tomb held ...

A young woman buried in China’s Tarim Basin some 2,000 years ago went to the afterlife accompanied by the height of fashion. The woman, who was wrapped in a felt blanket and buried in a coffin ...

New research suggests that the illustrations may have been based on "Phrygians," a tragedy by the Athenian playwright ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

From ancient cities buried beneath the sands to mummies revealing new secrets, 2021 brought a wave of remarkable ...

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The circular arrangement of pits forms a boundary over two kilometers wide, enclosing more than three square kilometers around the Durrington Walls henge and Woodhenge monuments. Each pit measures up ...

An expansive ancient city has been unearthed in central Asia, shedding light on the area's industrial history and ranking as "one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries in this region for ...