Archaeologists in Beijing announced important discoveries in the recent excavation of the Jiankou section of the Great Wall, where a large cannon has been unearthed. The excavation focused on three ...

For most people, the image that comes to mind at the mention of archaeology is ancient tombs or dinosaur fossils, not cutting ...

A previously unknown medieval castle has emerged from the Swiss landscape after a researcher studying high-resolution terrain maps identified telltale features of an early fortification near ...

Tucked under London’s Palace of Westminster— one of the most famous structures in the city and home to the Houses of ...

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...

While you may believe that it's hard to learn anything new about a structure that has been around for thousands of years, ...

Researchers have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved ancient relic in Japan, dating back over 10,000 years.

North Warren Elementary Robotics Club prepares for Mammoth Cave field trip to learn about archaeology for upcoming project.

A massive 40-year study in the US has concluded that adding fluoride to drinking water does not reduce people's cognitive ...

Around 5,000 years ago, people living in what is now Iran began extracting copper from rock by processing ore, an activity known as smelting. This monumental shift gave them a powerful new technology ...