Sites and artifacts are revealing clues to the continent’s recent history. An archaeologist explains the findings and threats to this heritage An anthropologist highlights the revolutionary role of ...

Discovered off the coast of Spain, the ship was evidently smuggling cannons and silver ingots.

The classic image of an archaeologist is of someone unearthing a potsherd in Pompeii or opening a Viking grave to better ...

Chinese archaeologists work at the Mingtepa site in Uzbekistan Photo: Courtesy of Liu Tao. China's overseas archaeological ...

In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Often when people hear the word "archaeologist," they think of an iconic film character like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft. However, ...

The Namibian genocide was one of the first genocides of the 20th century. Between 1904 and 1908, tens of thousands of Ovaherero and Nama people were killed under German colonial rule. Despite the ...

Beneath the crowded streets and ancient stone walls of Jerusalem, archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable tunnel that offers a new glimpse into the city’s past. Hidden for centuries beneath layers ...

The stone carving could be thousands of years old, possibly from the Bronze Age.

Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part of the universe. It pulled in gas and small ...

For more than a thousand years, the dingo’s howl echoed across the Australian landscape, a common sound for Indigenous peoples. Far from being just wild animals, dingoes became hunting partners, camp ...

According to a Hürriyet Daily News report, a third monumental tomb dated to the Roman period has been found in the ancient Lycian city of Olympos, which is located on Turkey’s southern coastline. A ...