One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 10,000 years took place at the Greek island of Thera (Santorini) in the ...

The carbon-14 analysis produced striking results that challenge conventional wisdom about Bronze Age chronology. When comparing uncalibrated radiocarbon dates from the Egyptian artifacts with robust ...

A pair of 13th-century Icelandic texts known as the “Vinland Saga” describes the journey of famous Norse explorer Leif ...

Dr. Nicholas Kessler and his colleagues examined the largest known marker post from the ancient North American city of ...

Archaeologists find evidence of the first culture in China to carve human skulls and bones into tools roughly 5,000 years ago ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 480-year-old gun in Arizona. It’s now considered the oldest firearm ever found within the ...

Archaeologists in Croatia have discovered a rare mass grave inside ancient water wells at Mursa (modern-day Osijek), ...

A portion of a human skull more than 4,000 years old has been found in Indiana, with the local coroner’s office calling it a ...

A local resident discovered a human skull dating back millennia along the bank of the Whitewater River in eastern Indiana, authorities say.

Researchers say the findings will illuminate the history of “the least widely known and understood [burial rituals] in the region.” Archaeologists working in Morocco have unearthed three separate ...

A portion of a human skull dating back more than 4,000 years was found along a river in Indiana, the local coroner's office ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that megaquakes in the Pacific Northwest might trigger California’s San Andreas Fault. A research ship’s navigational error revealed paired sediment layers showing ...