Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...

Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu uncover India’s longest Iron Age iron spear, an 8-foot weapon revealing early metalworking skill ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

The discovery was made in Tamil Nadu, at an Iron Age burial site in Thirumalapuram near Tuticorin. Dating back to 3,345 BCE, the weapon is now considered the longest Iron Age iron spear ever found in ...

History is often taught as if progress moves in a straight line—from ancient Greece to Rome, from medieval Europe to the Renaissance, from industrialization to modernity. Africa, in this telling, ...

The global appetite for natural stone remains robust, fueled not merely by luxury but by a rising appreciation for authentic, ...

"This technology is the key that opens new rooms of the ancient world," said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the vast ...

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

The project, described by Pompeii officials as Bruits de couloir (“corridor whispers”), used Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), a computational photography technique that photographs a surface ...

Advanced technology uncovers ancient graffiti, including love notes and sketches, offering fresh insights into daily life in ...