AbstractIn research concerning the location of Yamatai, archaeological findings centered on the Makimuku ruins and the ...

New evidence suggests that early humans reached the Jordan Valley at least 1.9 million years ago, hundreds of thousands of ...

The 'Ubeidiya archaeological site in the Jordan Valley is at least 1.9 million years old, making it one of the oldest known ...

Czech archaeologists investigate a Soviet Gulag camp in Kazakhstan, uncovering evidence of forced labor, brutal security ...

A mysterious shipwreck off Turkey’s coast may be the oldest ever discovered, dating back approximately 4,500 years to the age of the Egyptian pyramids. Although the wooden vessel has disappeared, its ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Emma Elliott Smith , Smithsonian Institution ; University of New Mexico and Torben ...

What materials did ancient Egyptians use to preserve the dead, and how can their composition still be investigated thousands ...

An aerial view of the Dalinggou site in Beijing [Photo via Beijing Institute of Archaeology] Chinese archaeologists have ...

It provides another window into how engineers about 2,000 years ago ensured that the city would have an adequate supply of water for residents and pilgrims.

This 2,000-year-old cold case offered a wealth of information, Leiden archaeologists Carol van Driel-Murray and Mark Driessen ...

Rare Karakhanid coins and medieval brick structures discovered beneath Kyrgyzstan's Lake Issyk-Kul reveal new evidence of a ...

When the first Polynesian settlers arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand some 750 years ago, they found an environment very different to the lands they left behind. Over the centuries that followed, their ...