Archaeologists recently discovered a massive 2,000-year-old stone basin in ancient Gabii, Italy, revealing early Roman public ...

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

It was inevitable that the Grand Egyptian Museum outside Cairo would accompany its much-delayed opening with demands for the ...

Shafik Meghji reviews Upon A White Horse, a fascinating book uncovering ancient monuments and sites across the UK and Ireland ...

In regards to the basin, it likely had a ceremonial use, based on finds of pottery and oil lamps discovered very nearby.

Two ancient stone inscriptions from the 17th century have been unearthed in the deserted village of Nattakudi. Discovered by ...

At Abu Sir in Egypt, archaeologists uncovered megalithic stone boxes carved with astonishing precision — one box even ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans ...

The site sits within sediments that record major environmental upheaval in East Africa during the late Pliocene. Around 3.44 ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions for nearly 300,000 years despite extreme climate swings. The tools, ...