Researchers from the University of Cuenca have made what could be one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in Ecuadorian history - the country's first recorded cave paintings.

In a landmark archaeological achievement, Egypt has successfully recovered three monumental statues from the Mediterranean seabed of Abu Qir Bay, marking the country's first major underwater recovery ...

Revolutionary new research challenges long-held assumptions about the origins of urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, revealing that tidal dynamics at the head of the Persian Gulf were instrumen ...

Pottery shards, coins, and bones can survive for millennia beneath the soil, but the scents of antiquity typically escape archaeological recovery.

A remarkable 2,000-year-old Roman stele featuring an intricately carved eagle clutching a wreath has been discovered in the ancient city of Manbij, Syria.

A new study has finally provided a ‘definitive’ minimum age for one of Europe's most controversial hominin fossils.

Elise Smith/The ConversationThe recent publication of the University of Edinburgh’s Review of Race and History has drawn attention to its “skull room”: a collection of 1,500 human craniums procured fo ...

Marie-Claire Beaulieu/The ConversationMany of us are heading to the beach to bask in the sun and unwind as part of our summer vacations.

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable 1,400-year-old Christian cross on Abu Dhabi's Sir Bani Yas Island, adding to our understanding of Christianity's eastward expansion in the Arabian Peninsula.

A new study argues that a 3,000-year-old hymn from the ancient Syrian port city of Ugarit shares remarkable musical patterns with sacred texts from ancient India, suggesting the existence of a global ...

A remarkable imperial stone inscription, tentatively dated to the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534 AD), has been discovered carved into a natural granite boulder in the grasslands of Mongolia.

In the shadowy mountains of ancient Mesopotamia, where the first empires clashed and legends were born, lived a people whose very name meant "cave dwellers", yet whose influence would echo through mil ...