New research led by a University of Wyoming archaeologist is challenging a widely accepted idea about the earliest people in the Americas. The study focuses on an ancient site in South America and ...

Researchers have uncovered the world’s oldest known cave art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in Indonesia. The unusual, claw-like design hints at early symbolic thinking and possibly spiritual beliefs.

New research challenges a key archaeological site in Chile, raising fresh questions about when humans first arrived in the ...

In 2021, a man named Peter Heads made a fascinating discovery while using his metal detector in Melsonby, North Yorkshire in ...

As wars of extermination and displacement continue, we see that the justification for such acts is often shrouded in words of ...

A new study has challenged the long-held belief that democratic governance was exclusively born in the classical Mediterranean world of Greece and Rome. By analyzing archaeological and historical ...

A new study in Science challenges the Monte Verde timeline, reshaping when humans first reached South America.

They've currently found a minimum of 227 children, who were likely sacrificed as a ritualistic offering to appease the Chimú's moon god in hopes of better weather.

The sarcophagi inhabitants’ actual names are unknown, but these “chantresses of Amun” served a god whose cult ran strong even ...

The Literary Society of the Desert promotes literacy and the love of reading. For information on membership, visit literarysocietyofthedesert.org. Marge Dodge serves on several local nonprofit boards ...

An international study led by the University of Cologne has shown that birch tar, a material traditionally associated with tool-making by Neanderthals, possesses antibacterial properties that could ...

A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought. While that means very different things about the site itself, it doesn’t change the big picture as ...