The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...

Most of us have skeletons in our closets, but they can also lurk in much less familiar places. Literally.

On a windswept ridge overlooking the plains of northern Oman, a pair of ancient cymbals lay buried beneath layers of plaster ...

Archaeologists in Dahwa, Oman, found two strange discs that turned out to be a rare 4,000-year-old musical instrument, according to a recently published study.

Archaeologists just made an incredible discovery deep in the jungle—a lost Maya city! Hidden for centuries, this ancient city was found using high-tech tools like lasers to scan through the dense ...

A recent archaeological discovery in Ukraine has rewritten the timeline for when human beings began using ivory to construct ...

Wealth inequality began over 10,000 years ago, gradually increasing after the advent of agriculture due to population growth ...

An ancient Buddha statue from the early Goryeo dynasty was recently discovered at an archaeological site in North Korea. The ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

Inequality has been linked to human sustainability for over 10,000 years, according to new findings by archaeologists.

On a riverside in eastern Austria sat a mysterious set of ruins. Some believed it to be an abandoned, run-down castle. Others ...