Archaeologists have recently proposed that the Gunung Padang site in Indonesia, long considered the world’s oldest pyramid, ...

Do you know how exciting it is when we find something that completely alters our understanding of early human civilizations?

Around 8,000 years ago, many civilizations thrived on plains that are now submerged by the North and Baltic seas. Now, scientists from a variety of northern European research institutions are ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

As archaeologists slowly excavate this ancient statue from the earth, they are, in a sense, awakening a witness to humanity's earliest attempts to comprehend the cosmos and to communicate with the ...

Italian archaeologists, working with Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Directorate of Archaeology, have discovered eight new ...

pt. 1. Archaeology : studying ancient times -- Introducing archaeology and prehistory -- The record of the past -- Acquiring the record -- How did people live? -- pt. 2. Ancient interactions -- ...

A scientist has claimed that astronauts may soon uncover the remains of a long-lost human civilization that once lived on the Moon 50,000 years ago. Author and geologist Gregg Braden told podcast host ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges ...