Human history feels straightforward when seen in textbooks. A neat timeline with a clear rise from simple tools to complex cities. But archaeology keeps disturbing that picture slowly and quietly.

The oddest archaeological finds from every state In 1955, Albert Miller poked at a groundhog hole on his family’s farm in ...

New discoveries from Australia's oldest known underwater archaeological record reveal how First Peoples lived, transported ...

The ship was likely transporting huge jars of olive oil or wine across the Mediterranean when it sank to the seafloor. One ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When archaeologists studying a fifth-century Swedish site found a human skeleton lying on the floor of a house, they wondered why ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 13,000-year-old human remains discovered on California's Channel Islands may reveal secrets about the first Americans. | ©Image ...

Saudi Arabia last week unveiled a collection of archaeological artifacts and structures — discovered during excavations in the eastern part of the country — part of the kingdom’s broader efforts to ...

The past tends to look neat once it has been turned into a timeline. Archaeology has a way of ruining that neatness. A bone fragment, an old cooking pot, or a few marks on a cave wall can suddenly ...

University of Kansas researchers reviewed ancient DNA and 23,000-year-old White Sands footprints to trace early human migration into North America.

The Royal Commission for AlUla has launched the latest phase of its 2026–2027 Archaeology Season, bringing together Saudi and international teams to advance long-term archaeological research across ...