Explorer Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance is found in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea.

A newly discovered prehistoric skeleton found deep inside a flooded cave along Mexico’s Caribbean coast may mark a burial site at least 8,000 years old, according to underwater archaeologists working ...

A set of ancient clay cylinders discovered in Syria may hold the earliest known example of alphabetic writing, predating Egypt’s script by centuries.

At a Glance An international team of archaeologists has discovered fortified prehistoric settlements in Siberia, challenging the belief that only agricultural societies built permanent settlements wit...

Archaeologists have discovered a huge Viking Age textile production site in Denmark that dates back more than 1,000 years and underlines the sophistication of Viking society.

Ancient DNA from China’s vast 4,000-year-old Shimao settlement is revealing how one of East Asia’s earliest complex societies was organized. Researchers found that its people were largely descended fr...

The mapping of underwater terrain and the monitoring of coastal and inland waters have been transformed by airborne bathymetric Lidar. The precision o...

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age 146,000 years ago. The tools, created by Homo juluensis, show careful planning a...

Indigenous groups in present-day Oregon stitched the fragments together using cord made from plant fiber and animal hair. Experts think they may have been part of a garment, bag, container or portable...

Archaeologists working in southeastern Türkiye have uncovered a 10,000-year-old settlement that may reshape current theories about how and when humans began living in permanent communities. The site, ...

Beneath the sunlit waves of Florida lies an intricate underwater world that few have seen but many depend on. Through the Florida Seafloor Mapping Ini...

The world’s oldest in situ adult funeral pyre (~9500 years old) shows complex mortuary behaviors among ancient African foragers.

Archaeologists including Dr. Glenn Stuart (PhD) of the USask Department of Anthropology worked with the community to study one of the oldest known Indigenous sites on the continent

The female woolly mammoth was 20 years old when she stumbled amid the grasslands. She fell in a cloud of dust, then gasped her last breath of cool air.

KARPATHOS, GREECE—According to the Greek Reporter, an international team of researchers has conducted a survey […]

The GunaiKurnai, an Australian Aboriginal nation, are the acknowledged traditional custodians of Gippsland and the southern Victorian Alps. Within

Archaeologists working in Toledo, central Spain, have discovered what they believe is the oldest documented monumental necropolis in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula. This ancient site dates back...

For half a century, archaeologists working in the Kodiak region believed that the oldest dated settlement was around 7,500 years old. That history is now expanding even further back thanks to a new fi...

Throughout Sardinia, these newly Unesco-inscribed stone necropolises tell the story of the island's pre-Roman funerary customs. But for locals, they're the enchanted homes of fairies.

Whole-genome sequencing of an ancient male Egyptian revealed a mixture of North African Neolithic and eastern Fertile Crescent ancestry, suggesting human migration between Egypt and Mesopotamia by the...

A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested. Researchers at Newcastle University, and the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienn...

Archaeologists from the Girsu Project have uncovered the remains of a Royal Sumerian palace and temple complex in the ancient city of Girsu, located in the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. - HeritageDaily -...

ABYDOS, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that a joint Egyptian-American team uncovered a royal tomb at the […]

CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND—Scottish archaeologists recently unearthed the largest ancient timber building ever found in the country, […]

The sturdy, well-built structure was likely constructed on dry land at a time when sea levels were much lower than they are today

In situ fossil footprints show that humans were present in North America between ~23,000 and 21,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum.

Türkiye’s 2025 archaeological discoveries reveal Neolithic rituals, ancient diets, early belief systems and Ottoman seafaring through 10 major finds and 2 bonus revelations

A hole found in a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth was likely made by a stone drill, making the discovery the oldest evidence of intentional dentistry to date.

The conversation surrounding mental health and its treatment options has evolved significantly in recent years, transforming from a stigmatized topic into one of urgent public discourse. One of the ke...

Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have uncovered new information suggesting a potential connection between Homo e...

The discovery of the archaeological site known as El Jefeciño, located in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco, Quintana Roo, occurred as a result of a citizen report that alerted authorities to the pr...

Ancient Maya molar reveals a rare gemstone dental filling, offering new insights into possible early dental treatment and challenging

Italian researchers claim new radar scans reveal a second Sphinx and an underground megastructure beneath the Giza Plateau, sparking intense archaeological debate.