A site in Switzerland contained evidence of an administrative center that was part of a bigger plan to build a urban center ...

A digital architectural reconstruction has researchers believing a “lost Pompeii” existed with towers atop villas.

This ancient crocodile never finished its last meal. More than 2,000 years after it died, researchers can still make out a ...

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of "pop-science" reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

A teenage boy who lived more than 6,000 years ago was able to survive a lion attack and live for several months afterwards, a ...

An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archaeology at Simon Fraser University in the ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.

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Archaeologists need to have excellent attention to detail. They'll examine the curve of a potsherd, measure the precise angle of a carved block of stone, or perceive a barely visible hole in a bone to ...