A skeleton of an injured pregnant woman found in an early Medieval grave near Bologna, Italy, included fetal bones placed between the...
Norway’s melting glaciers have revealed over 2,000 artifacts that were buried in the ice for thousands of years. And since the items...
The Two Brothers mummies on display at Manchester University are actually only half-brothers, researchers found. An analysis of DNA evidence answers questions...
A mysterious disease killed the majority of Mexico’s population from 1545 to 1548. Tallied as one of the worst epidemics in history,...
Scientists have finally unveiled the oldest hominid skeleton ever found in South Africa, following more than twenty years of excavating and restoring....
Eight-thousand-year-old pottery shards found in Georgia point to evidence of the world’s earliest grape wine-making, according to scientists. The earthenware jars were...
The ancient Canaanites were a people who lived in what scientists considered a crossroads, facing wars and occupations for centuries. Because of...
Students from Stanford University have recreated ancient Chinese beer, giving new insights into the history and culture of the country. According to...
Just in time for Thanksgiving, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Boston have unearthed evidence of the original Plymouth Colony built in...
There is a pyramid within a pyramid within the Kulkulan pyramid at Chichen Itza, the Maya archeological site in the Yucatan Peninsula...
The remains of a 2,500-year-old body in modern-day Tunisia has thrown a wrench into scientists’ previous theories regarding the history of human...
Scientists have been able to find, by sequencing the first ancient human genomes from Ireland, the genesis of Celtic populations. According to...
A new study has determined that the prehistoric super predator, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, may have engaged in cannibalistic meals. An analysis of bite...