A strange alien-like clay head dating back thousands of years has been retrieved from an excavation in Kuwait, stumping archaeologists about how it came to be. In a Nov. 28 press release published by ...

At least 15 human skulls at a Neolithic site in Italy may represent the group's collective ancestors, although archaeologists aren't certain. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Recent archaeological discoveries in El Salvador are challenging long-held assumptions about pre-Columbian societies in Central America. A team of researchers has unearthed a collection of clay ...

When a cache of Iron Age metalwork emerged from Swedish soil, it did more than add a few glittering artifacts to museum shelves. The find forced archaeologists to rethink how power, trade, and ...

Broxy Kennels Fort and souterrain as it may once have looked around 400 BC. Credit: GUARD Archaeology Ltd The construction of a new road near Perth in Scotland has unearthed the remains of a fortified ...

Here I provide a perspective on the palaeogenetic revolution from an archaeologist who has spent the last four years working alongside palaeogeneticists. I address the questions posed for this journal ...

Monumentality / Chris Scarre -- Landscape / Randi Haaland, Gunnar Haaland -- Water / Terje Oestigaard -- Fire / Anders Kaliff -- Myth and folklore / Amy Gazin ...