Archaeological excavations on Turkey's westernmost island have uncovered the earliest known agricultural settlement in the Aegean Sea, revealing five circular houses that predate most European farming ...

Archaeologists working at the spectacular ancient city of Sagalassos in Turkey's Burdur province have made a significant discovery that promises to reshape our understanding of this remarkable Roman s ...

Stephanie Brown & Manuel Eisner/The ConversationA recent YouGov poll found that the word that Americans most associate with the Middle Ages is “violent”.

Denmark's National Museum has revealed what researchers describe as the closest thing to an actual portrait from the Viking Age: a remarkably detailed 10th-century figurine carved from precious walrus ...

A discovery in northern Vietnam has revealed the earliest documented case of human conflict in Southeast Asia, fundamentally altering our understanding of prehistoric violence in the region.

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.

Archaeologists working at Canhasan 3 Höyük in Turkey's Karaman province have unearthed what appears to be one of the world's oldest known streets, dating back approximately 9,750 years.

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 ...

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.

A remarkable scientific breakthrough has emerged from an unlikely source: a single cow tooth discovered nearly a century ago beside Stonehenge's iconic stone circle.

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

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 ...