According to a statement released by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a new study conducted by Ari Matmon of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Omry Barzilai of the University of Haifa, and Miriam ...

At several archaeological sites in southern Africa, hundreds of highly unusual fragments of ostrich eggs have been found.

The text—the tale of a warrior ruler—may help settle a nearly century-old puzzle about the location of the Temple of ...

Ancient mudbrick buildings decay rapidly, hindering our understanding of past cultures. New research on 5th-3rd millennia BCE ...

A newly discovered residential city and Coptic cemetery in southern Egypt highlight daily life, burial practices, and cultural continuity.

Archaeologists have uncovered rock-cut tombs dating back to the Old Kingdom in Aswan, Egypt, revealing pottery vessels and jewelry.

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis ...

In 1974, farmers digging a well in Shaanxi Province uncovered a single life-sized clay warrior - a discovery that quickly revealed one of the greatest archaeological finds in history. Beneath the ...

An international research team has extracted genome-wide ancient DNA from two 7,000-year-old mummified women buried in a ...

Exactly how many master­pieces are held in community-based collections like the Abbey’s is anyone’s guess – as are the safeguards around them – and veteran curator Mr Strong says that’s not good ...

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s ...