During the devastating plague outbreaks of 17th-century Europe, the disease did not strike equally. A recent bioarchaeological study of plague victims from a hospital cemetery in Basel, Switzerland, ...

The National Trust for Scotland (NTS) announced in mid-April that its archaeologists had found a mortar shell at Culloden ...

Archaeologists have made three major discoveries that are redefining the understanding of ancient seafaring—from a pre-Viking ship burial in Norway to a vast shipwreck graveyard in Gibraltar and ...

Throughout our time on Earth, we humans have created some pretty cool stuff.

Analysis of a monumental ship burial in Norway is rewriting the history of a practice largely associated with the Viking age ...

The study of organic waterproofing materials used in historical shipbuilding has received little attention from archaeology, ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years, including variants linked to celiac disease and multiple sclerosis ...

One such extraordinary artifact is an intriguing Egyptian tablet that has sparked intense debate among researchers and alternative historians alike. By mainstream archaeologists’ assessment, this ...

A newly confirmed mass grave in ancient Jordan offers chilling insight into one of history’s first pandemics. Hundreds of ...

We are optimistic that the cave can chart a long sequence of human activity, from hunter-gatherers living there immediately ...

Sr. Adv. Salman Khurshid tells Madhya Pradesh High Court that title in the Bhojshala dispute cannot rest on archaeology, ...

Experts believe the museum still has immense potential, if it adapts. Their suggestions include digital archiving, interactive displays, QR codes, virtual reality experiences, and even the establishme ...