To create these specialized tools, our human ancestors used hammerstones to strike at stone cores and create sharp-edged flakes. Finding the right rocks was integral, as Oldowan tools needed to be ...

Türkiye Today reports that a sprawling eighth-century b.c. palace was unearthed at the site of Sardis in western Turkey, which has prompted archaeologists to reevaluate the site’s origins and long ...

Science in Poland reports that archaeologists have uncovered a site in the Mazovia region that they believe served as a ...

Portrait of John Ware with wife Mildred and children Robert and Nettie in southern Alberta, ca. 1896. CALGARY, CANADA—Archaeologists returned to the former homestead site of Joh ...

The early Middle Ages in England were a period of increased immigration, as settlers flocked to the island after the collapse ...

According to a La Brújula Verde report, excavations at the site of Uşakli Höyük in central Anatolia unearthed the remains of ...

A diver documents submerged traces of a bath complex in Baiae, Italy. BAIAE, ITALY—For centuries, the waterfront resort of ...

Ancient Chinese written documents record that by the second century a.d., a vast trade network had already been established connecting peoples and goods from the Mediterranean, the Near East, India, ...

Popular Science reports that German scientists used advanced technology to virtually unroll a delicate ancient Buddhist scroll. For centuries, Mongolian nomads often carried portable Buddhist shrines, ...