Ochre artefacts found in Crimea show signs of having been used for drawing, adding to evidence that Neanderthals used ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

The human remains are thought to be evidence of "strange and incredible" sacrifice rituals dating back to the Iron Age.

Physical proof of barbaric Iron Age ritual killings has been discovered in a field near Bere Regis, in Dorset, after archaeologists uncovered two skeletons dated to between 100 and 50 BC.

Researchers have recently unearthed coprolites, or fossilized feces, from Mexico’s ‘Cave of the Dead Children’ that date back ...

In the narrow passageways of prehistoric caves, where torchlight once flickered against limestone walls, a quiet record of ...

A fallen tree in the Amazon has revealed a set of ancient ceramic spheres containing an unsettling mix of remains.

The 4,300 year old woodhenge of Pömmelte in Germany is finally beginning to give up its secrets - and some of the information we’re learning is quite grisly. The battered skeletons of women and ...

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A new study combining archaeological and genetic research offers fresh insights into social organization and population dynamics in the Late Bronze Age (approximately 1500 to 1000 BCE). Conducted by ...

These prehistoric stone monuments, known as dolmens, are often found in European countries like Spain, France and the U.K., ...