Over the course of a century, a nineteenth-century artist’s paintings traveled from Port-au-Prince to New Orleans to Washington to New Haven. His name stayed in the archives, waiting to be found.

A new adult fossil from South Africa confirms Homo erectus lived there about 2 million years ago, alongside changing Paranthropus robustus.

Archaeologists uncover ancient ceramic vessels from a 4,700-year-old shipwreck near Kekova, Türkiye, potentially the world's oldest...

Bronze Age Sardinia supplied copper across Europe and the Mediterranean, revealing far-reaching trade networks from Scandinavia to the Levant.

New research shows how Greek settlers reshaped Libya’s coast to build Apollonia, the maritime port of ancient Cyrene.

This is the second entry in our 10th Annual Graduate Student Blogging Contest, “Revolution.” By Vanessa Christman I must have driven my husband insane when we first tuned into Apple TV’s The Studio…

A notoriously stubborn agricultural waste product, rice husk is being repurposed as a sturdy and resilient construction material.

Fifteen Ur III cuneiform tablets record farming, irrigation, land surveys, grain payments and labor in ancient Mesopotamia.

A new exhibition in Paris reveals the real Nicolas Flamel, uncovering his medieval wealth and how he became a legendary alchemist.

Exclusive: Finds suggest account in medieval folklore of a camp near Frenni Fawr hill was rooted in reality

The second Moriori language week – ta wik’ a ta rē Moriori – celebrates the voices of a people whose rich culture and history were once nearly extinguished.

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A rare 1,000-year-old coin of King Olaf Haraldsson has emerged from Norway’s largest Viking Age hoard, with fewer than 20 examples known.

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA—According to a statement released by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), […]

Archaeologists in Russia have uncovered a remarkable medieval silver hoard containing rare Swedish coins, jewellery and possible Norse imagery.

For more than 1,300 years, China chose its top officials by written exam. Its top officials were chosen meritocratic ally — or were they? When the results came out, each successful candidate went to p...

Rome attributed its founding, religious institutions and early political organisation to seven kings. These mythical monarchs may preserve something important about the city’s beginnings

Researchers found the structure's remains, as well as fragments of statues, while excavating near the Kapersburg fort, an ancient Roman military fortification on the outskirts of modern-day Frankfurt

A new study examines how the Khmer Empire under Jayavarman VII created a remarkable network of 102 hospitals offering free healthcare across its territories.

Sixteenth-century Venice wanted to expel its Jews but couldn’t do without them. Its compromise was the world’s first ghetto

Dissolved rock precipitated around the tools, which then decayed.

Jan Rüger’s erudite study makes a compelling case for seeing the bond between Britain and Germany as a driving force in European history.

Archaeologists from the Hungarian National Museum have uncovered evidence of an extensive Bronze Age settlement on Somló Hill, revealing a sophisticated community that flourished more than 3,000 years...

Behind the beloved game lies a struggle over mathematical ideas, erased collaborators, offshore millions, and copyright power.

Ancient DNA reveals that plague repeatedly returned to Europe for more than 400 years after the Black Death, evolving into new lineages and spreading through trade, migration, and war. Researchers als...

Enceladus may naturally separate and concentrate chemicals from its hidden ocean as droplets slowly freeze and shatter on their way into space. The process could explain Cassini’s puzzling ice-grain c...