Explorers have stumbled upon what appears to be a massive stone doorway carved into the remote Dzungarian Alatau mountains of Kazakhstan, igniting widespread speculation about its origins.

Aboriginal Australian culture has long been recognized as humanity's oldest continuous living culture, with scientific literature estimating their arrival on the continent at 65,000 years ago.

Konstantine Panegyres/The ConversationThe ancient Greek orator Dio Chrysostom (1st-2nd century CE) said in his speech To the People of Alexandria that there were two kinds of democracy: one good and o ...

Archaeological teams in Switzerland have uncovered the remains of a remarkable Roman wooden bridge that served as a crucial transportation link for over four centuries.

Archaeological breakthrough at Canterbury reveals Homo heidelbergensis survived the brutal Anglian glaciation, rewriting assumptions about early human resilience and adaptation in prehistoric Europe.A ...

International research team uncovers oldest evidence of indigo dye processing on paleolithic stone tools from a Georgian cave, revolutionizing understanding of early human plant use.A latest discovery ...

This is partly because early Slavic communities left behind rather little for archaeologists to find: they practiced cremation, built simple houses, and produced plain, undecorated pottery. Perhaps ...

Archaeologists working at the ancient agro-pastoral city of Vichama in Peru have unveiled remarkable new discoveries that illuminate how ancient civilizations confronted climate change.

The Sumerian creation myth can be found on a tablet in Nippur, an ancient Mesopotamian city founded in approximately 5000 BC. The creation of Earth ( Enuma Elish) according to the Sumerian tablets ...

The Quimbaya or Tolima artifacts are a set of gold figurines found in Colombia and dated to between 300 and 1000 AD. Measuring approximately 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7.5cm) in length, there are over 100 of ...

The Sumerian King List begins with the very origin of kingship, which is seen as a divine institution: “the kingship had descended from heaven.” The rulers in the earliest dynasties are represented as ...