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Before humans minted coins, they used all sorts of odd objects as standardized money.
This mythical-looking dagger may have played a symbolic role in prehistoric Iberian society.
A banana can teach you much about history.
How do you say 'one with everything' in Latin?
This is the first time the full genome of an ancient human has been extracted from a source other than human bones.
It's a story of obesity, hunger, and glaciers.
The 1,900-year-old mummy may have been royalty.
The temple was built to honor deities like Thor and Odin.
The Gravettian art culture famous for stone age Venus statues was more widespread than previously thought.
It was the best of poop, it was the worst of poop.
Heating the stone tools improved blade production, a technique that wasn't seen again for thousands of years.
They call it a "perfect", "totally unprecedented" specimen.
Now that sounds like a celebration one can get behind.
Archaeologists were surprised to see how advanced the steel-making technology was.
A steamy discovery.
Researchers believe a controversial conquistador visited the Wichita site.
In one case, a man was buried alongside a thigh bone that was carved into a flute.
The mysterious rectangular stone structures may have served a ritualistic purpose.
If there's one thing humans have always liked, it's comfort.
The Neolithic people in the Arabian peninsula independently arrived at the same technology.
The very old toilet was found right under the place where the new toilet was built.
Two controversial studies challenge the established narrative of the earliest human dispersal into the Americas.
It's only the second hand axe made out of bone that scientists have ever come across.
At the end of the last Ice Age, the Australian coastline was 160 kilometers farther offshore than it is today.
These structures are thousands of years old and the reasons why they were built are still poorly understood.
This could have be a precursor of a popular Ancient game.
If you travelled to the Tuva mountains in Southern Russia, some 1,300 m (4,300 ft) above sea level, you might find a rather inconspicuous lake called Tere-Khol, hidden among the rolling hills. The lake itself would not be very interesting were it not for an island in its midst. In truth, the island itself is […]
The tiny bone sculpture is the earliest 3D work of art in East Asia.
When corn first entered people's lives, it was likely in the form of an alcoholic liquor.
There's more than one hot item in the state of Tabasco.
Armchair archaeologists are finding new (old) things using data that's freely accessible, and you could do it to.
The enormous ship marks the burial site of a king or queen.
These were the hi-tech gadgets of the Upper Paleolithic
The fort was home to one of the first Jesuit missions in North America
It's always good to know how old a pot is.
If you know how to look, the ice can tell some amazing stories.
It's not just Homo sapiens -- Neanderthals also had a deep relationship with the sea.
They call it the Wonderchicken!
It's as spooky as it is fascinating.
The site also features an empty sarcophagus. However, researchers don't believe this was Romulus' final resting place.
A famous Palaeolithic site in Iraq has more secrets to shed about Neanderthal daily life -- as well as their after life.
It might not look like much, the well dates from 7,275 years ago -- making it the oldest wooden object we know of.
Scientists have resurected the voice of an ancient Egyptian priest.
Ancient Italians were importing copper from Tuscany, a new study shows.
DNA analysis shows a 'profoundly different' landscape than we thought.
They apparently lived in harmony with the environment -- even in urban areas.
Ancient cultures have always associated epilepsy with some religious intervention.
Indonesia may be the home of the oldest cave paintings of hunting bands found in the world. A new study reports on what appears to be a depiction of human-like figures hunting wild buffalo and pigs at the Leang Bulu’ Sipong 4 site in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was dated to be approximately 43,900-years old. […]
Tattoos were found on the skin of seven mummified Egyptian women. Previously, only six other such mummies had been found.
Researchers show how cultural changes in Africa over the past 10,000 years can be tracked using the size of eggshell beads.
