Archaeology

Levels of murder, assault, torture, and the like fluctuated greatly in the ancient world, according to new research

A new study suggests humans arrived in the Americas before the height of the last ice age more than 20,000 years ago

If this new estimate holds up, scientists have yet to identify the vast majority of earthworks strewn across the Amazon

Researchers say the discovery of the earliest known wooden construction expands their knowledge of the woodworking skills of early humans that existed before Homo sapiens

A jawbone from eastern China that displays both modern and archaic features could represent a new branch of the human family tree

Improved DNA analysis has updated thinking on the skin color, ancestry, and more of the alpine mummy known as Ötzi the Iceman

This child was buried 400 years ago in what is now Poland, face-down and with an iron padlock on their foot

New archaeological finds offer a glimpse of family life 6,500 years ago

Archaeologists say the ornate ruins of Nero’s theater were found near the Vatican at a site earmarked for a luxury hotel

Archaeologists found evidence of spices such as turmeric and cloves from ancient Vietnam, suggesting South Asians shared their culinary traditions via an ancient maritime trade route

Researchers have decoded more than half of the characters in the so-called Kushan script by comparing them with inscriptions in a known ancient language called Bactrian

Extraordinary claims about the small-brained human relative Homo naledi challenge prevailing view of cognitive evolution