Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

Beneath the damp soil and the weight of centuries, in the area of the Terme di Sorano, in the Tuscan Maremma, time has preserved a secret of unsuspected antiquity. Archaeologists working on an ...

The true origins of King Arthur’s Hall have long captivated historians, archaeologists, and local folklore enthusiasts. Once widely assumed from the medieval era, the hall’s story has recently ...

A 12,000-year-old T-shaped obelisk from the early Neolithic era features a carving of a human face. Discovered in modern-day Turkey at the Karahantepe site, it could be the first-ever carved depiction ...

A newly studied megalithic tomb in Oman reveals centuries-long Neolithic burial practices, regional mobility, and early ...

Archaeological studies of a landscape in eastern Ireland have turned up the greatest number yet of ancient structures that remain rare in that country, and may cast light on the beliefs and burial ...

The 12,000-year-old Göbekli Tepe site in Turkey is often called the “zero point of history”, said The Archaeologist. But recent excavations at the nearby Mendik Tepe site suggest it dates back even ...

The Neolithic period, considered to be the last part of the Stone Age, may have been a brutal time to be alive for many people in Europe. Archaeological studies have found evidence of massacres ...

Lying on the ground near the center of Stonehenge, partially covered by two huge slabs that appear to have toppled over, is a 16-foot-long block of gray-green sandstone. In 1620, noted landscape ...

(CN) — Cannibalism, whether to stave off death by starvation or within the confines of ritual ceremony, is regarded as one of the most extreme human practices. And there are still many questions as to ...