Long before the first sparks of civilization — or even humanity as we know it — our ancestors were already inventors. On the ...

Marvel Cave in Branson, Missouri is exactly that kind of place—an underground realm so spectacular it seems plucked straight from the pages of a fantasy novel. This isn’t just another tourist trap ...

Learn how early hominins crafted the same sharp-edged Oldowan tools through 300,000 years of climate change, revealing one of ...

Tools recovered from three sedimentary layers in Kenya show continuous tool use spanning from 2.75 to 2.44 million years ago in the face of environmental changes.

Archaeologists recently found a massive stone basin in Italy dating back more than 2,000 years — remnants of a once-powerful ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in ...

The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman ...

When his lecture ended, I turned to my friend beside me and whispered, ” I need to give that pot back.” My brother still ...

Archaeology here is not treasure hunting. It is slow, careful work. It is listening to stones that speak in small details. Think of a dig like a layered cake… You slice it one layer at a time. If you ...

The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

After innumerable interruptions, delays and setbacks, the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization comes to ...