Category: Archaeology News

The story of humanity’s deep past is like an immense, slowly unfolding scroll—its characters only vaguely drawn, its lines often torn and missing. Yet now and then, a fragment is…

Buried beneath the dusty plains of southeastern Turkey, at the archaeological site of Başur Höyük, lies a mystery that is rewriting what we thought we knew about the origins of…

In a quiet cemetery beneath the cobblestone streets of Rouen, France, the skeletal remains of a small child lay undisturbed for nearly two centuries. Buried among the 53 individuals recovered…

Long before the invention of the wheel, before fire was fully mastered, and long before humans carved their first symbols into cave walls, our distant ancestors were already shaping the…

For thousands of years, cats have lived among us—purring enigmas perched on windowsills, darting across barn floors, or curling in the warmth of our laps. We often imagine their journey…

In the late fourth century, Roman Britain faced one of the most harrowing challenges in its turbulent history. It wasn’t a single sword stroke or an overwhelming invasion that shattered…

Beneath the hot, sun-beaten terrain of South Texas, where the Gulf winds sweep across scrubland and mesquite, an ancient mystery lay embedded in the earth—bones, shaped by human hands, silent…

In a remarkable find that bridges archaeology with the chemistry of color, researchers have uncovered what is now believed to be the long-sought industrial center for the production of one…

In a fascinating new study, researchers at the University of Tsukuba have taken a deep dive into the question of how humans became such profoundly cooperative creatures—and their answers might…