Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.

Researchers baffled by what the famous Kennewick man ate, and didn't eat. — -- Researchers studying the bones of an ancient skeleton in Washington state have uncovered an interesting twist to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people chewed on and spat out long ago. Analysis of lumps of birch bark tar from ...

Long before farming took hold, ancient Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest were already shaping the future of a wild ...

A study of genomes from ancient Siberian people shows genetic linkages with people living in Estonia, Finland and Hungary today. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Cleanliness in ancient societies was never just about comfort. It signaled status, health, and the everyday discipline of life in dusty cities and river valleys. Without modern plumbing or packaged ...

When archaeologists study how ancient civilizations traveled, they can use evidence like wagons and stables and roads to understand how goods and people moved on land. But when they want to learn ...

This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where a new group of humans lived 6,000 years ago. (William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas via AP ...