Dahomean swords (1–6) and an 18th-century European cutlass (7) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA—From the early seventeenth to the late ...

La Brújula Verde reports that recent excavations within the sprawling ruins of the Villa di Sette Bassi outside Rome have ...

According to a statement released by the University of Heidelberg, German archaeologists made a spectacular new find in the ...

CNN reports that stone tools synonymous with Neanderthals were discovered at the Longtan site in southwest China's Yunnan ...

A. Excavation pit around Hoard V, Somló Hill, Hungary; B. Photogrammetric representation of the in situ hoard; C. CT inspection of the assemblage; D. Contents of the hoard during excavation ...

CAHUITA NATIONAL PARK, COSTA RICA—Two shipwrecks located in the shallow waters off Costa Rica’s Cahuita National Park were long believed by locals to be those of former pirate ships.

A Late Classic (A.D. 600–900) Maya vase from the Peten region of Guatemala portrays a king and queen (above, center) preparing to perform a ceremonial dance. Both royal figures wear feather ...

Neanderthals seem to have produced a remarkably consistent set of stone tools for hundreds of thousands of years. Two new studies suggest that this presumed lack of diversity and innovation might ...

In 1885, German archaeologist Max Ohnefalsch-Richter located the Sanctuary of Apollo at Frangissa in a remote valley near the ...

In what may cause major ramifications for the history of sports, The Times reports that a team of researchers may have ...