A gruesome archaeological discovery in Spain has revealed that 5,700 years ago, Neolithic farmers engaged in systematic cannibalism against entire families, challenging the peaceful image of early agr ...

New research reveals that a spectacular Viking silver hoard discovered in North Yorkshire demonstrates the far-reaching trade connections between medieval England and the Islamic world.

New research led by Tulane University archaeologists reveals that the ancient Maya civilization was far more populous than previously thought — supporting as many as 16 million people across parts of ...

A massive comet explosion that rocked Louisiana nearly 13,000 years ago has provided new evidence supporting one of archaeology's most controversial theories.

Scientists have successfully traced the mineral origins of sacred Maya Blue pigment found on Late Classic pottery from Buenavista del Cayo in Belize, revealing that the essential clay mineral traveled ...

Maritime archaeologists from East Carolina University have uncovered a remarkable collection of four colonial-era shipwrecks along the historic Brunswick Town shoreline in North Carolina, including wh ...

Konstantine Panegyres/The ConversationThe Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake.

Recent archaeological excavations in southwestern Turkey have unearthed a remarkably preserved 2,050-year-old council building that once served as the political and judicial nerve center of the ancien ...