For the first time, archaeologists have used advanced scientific techniques on 4,000-year-old dental plaque to confirm traces ...

The Surrey County Archaeological Unit (SCAU) has been awarded £250,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund for a five-year ...

Under the hot summer sun, Utah middle and high school students — accompanied by BYU history and archaeology students — ...

The class used an 1884 map to locate the site of former buildings on the Horseshoe. Some of the remnants found may be from ...

In south-east Asia, betel nut chewing has been practiced since antiquity. The plants contain compounds that enhance the ...

Evidence from Tinshemet Cave in Israel shows that early human groups shared similar burial practices, including deliberate ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery on the picturesque Croatian island of Vis has confirmed the existence of democracy in ...

As an archaeology student from the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) was excavating the foundations of a large ...

An outdoor education program will take place at 6 p.m. today in Florence, featuring three professional archaeologists — Kevin Akemann, Ryan J. Howell and James Paquette. This free program will be in ...

Archaeology is the key to unlocking the past, but sometimes the more we dig, the more questions we uncover. From ancient artifacts to strange structures, some discoveries challenge everything we ...

A team of archaeologists excavating the ancient Maya city of Caracol discovered the tomb of its first ruler, which contained ...

Wooden remains of the Earl of Chatham, a British warship from 1749 that was used during the American Revolution, were discovered by a schoolboy on one of Scotland's Orkney Islands.