Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

The Fat Lady of Saliagos (also known as The Naked Lady of Saliagos) is the oldest known Cycladic sculpture. It is a marble ...

After eight years of research, experts have unearthed 18 structures so far, including residential homes and ceremonial temples. Experts believe the city—since named Peñico—was once a thriving urban ...

Archaeologists excavating some 4,000-year-old ruins in Peru found a circular altar used for ceremonial burns, officials said and photos show. Photo from Peru’s Ministry of Culture At the base of an ...

The idea of a "country" or "nation-state" as we know it today is a fairly new one, which makes it hard to figure out which ...

The burial was discovered in the remains of a building in an ancient fishing town. Peru Ministry of Culture Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite ...

Several nations, including Iran, Egypt, and Vietnam, stand out in 2025 for their remarkable longevity and historical continuity. These countries boast the longest recorded histories, witnessing the ...

The find recontextualizes the role Neanderthals played in evolution. Archaeologists working in Europe have found the oldest-known bone spear in Europe, dating back to the Neanderthal age between ...

The researchers analyzed 483 mammoth remains, mostly molars but also tusks and bones. The oldest samples are 1.1 million years old and belonged to a steppe mammoth — a species that later gave rise to ...