Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what appear to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing, according ...

For the first time, researchers have conducted a quantified analysis of the Roman siege at Masada. The team, from Tel Aviv ...

Maryland is home to many historical artifacts, but a discovery in Reisterstown dates back much further than you might expect - to the Stone Age.

Now, by applying diversity tools from ecology to ancient name data ... To test the robustness of their methodology, the team ...

With Live Stock and Dead Things, Hannah Chazin challenges familiar narratives.

The record sheds light on the climate early humans experienced when they were spreading out of Africa. A tree-ringed African ...

In Timeline of the Israelites: A Layman’s Guide to Archaeological Evidence of the Israelites in Egypt and Canaan, retired ...

Throughout human history, our understanding of the past has been reset countless times based on what we think we know ...

The hope is to gather clearer and more reliable evidence that could help determine the age and historical importance of the ...

The Aztecs didn't discover obsidian. It was already the most common raw material in Mesoamerica when they arrived in the ...

Despite its proximity to other groups of Neanderthals and the era’s modern humans ... was based on the stone tools found at various sites, noting that those in the Rhône Valley didn’t ...