A sweeping exploration of how ancient civilizations—from Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica—interpreted comets and meteors as divine ...

In the Wilschdorf area on the outskirts of Dresden, volunteer archaeologist Ronald Meissner discovered a treasure trove of ...

Learn how ancient DNA and archaeogenetics are reshaping what we know about family and revealing that kinship in early ...

Exploring diverse cultural attitudes towards gambling practices worldwide The Historical Context of Gambling Gambling has a ...

While the infants were not given individual graves, they were not discarded without care. The excavations revealed that the children were buried alongside simple grave goods. The archaeologists ...

A new study explores how kissing evolved with the help of science, tracing it back to early grooming behaviors in ancient apes.

A detailed analysis of DNA from skeletal remains excavated from Silla-era tumuli of the Three Kingdoms period has confirmed ...

This year’s edition of the Paris African Book Fair was held at a new venue in the heart of the French capital, writes ...

When we tell the story of the ancient world, we too often inherit a crowded parade of kings, generals, and male philosophers, ...

There are records of whole human groups disappearing mysteriously from parts of northwest Europe, particularly what is now ...

You probably have a member of your family that you're not related to by blood—a step-parent, an adopted cousin, your mom's ...

Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered striking evidence that ancient women may have led secret societies and played a central role in drinking rituals nearly 5,500 years ago. The discovery, ...