Narrow, worn stairs beneath the 11th-century Pembroke Castle in Wales lead into a shadowy cavern where early humans once ...

The history of mankind has been littered with creativity and ingenuity, with many ancient inventions still being used today.

Arguably one of the most curious ancient human relatives is Homo floresiensis, a 3-foot-tall species that lived on the ...

"We can begin to reconstruct not only how tools were made, but also how technological knowledge moved between regions and how it changed along the way,” said Dr. Gadi Herzlinger ...

In a landmark achievement for archaeology and the study of ancient philosophy, researchers have digitally “unrolled” and are ...

Liang Bua cave, purported cut marks on elephant bones and charred remains from other animals led some researchers to propose ...

Could modern technology help solve the 2,600-year-old mystery of the Lost Ark of the Covenant? Archeologist Chris McKinny ...

Risk predates currency itself, with ancient societies devising intricate rituals to engineer chance and speculate on outcomes ...

Scientists used a portable CT scan to read 4,000-year-old cuneiform text hidden inside sealed clay envelopes from ancient Mesopotamia.

An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...

Ancient furnace workers experimented with heating the ends of glass tubes to rework them. One day, someone blew into that ...

Learn more about the ancient boat carvings from Iberia and Scandinavia, which suggest Bronze Age Europeans may have shared ...