The oldest Stone Age cremation, carried out 9,500 years ago in a remote rock shelter, has been found in Africa.

Scientists have long relied on tree rings to learn about ancient solar storms—rare bursts of high-energy particles from the ...

A preliminary study, which utilizes erosion patterns, suggests that the age of the Great Pyramid is far older than previously ...

Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for an adult, according ...

In a prominent paper published in 1977,Xia drew on nearly 100 radiocarbon-dated samples to systematically establish absolute chronologies for Neolithic sites in China's Central Plains, the ...

Looking at erosion on the pyramid, the study suggests that it may have been built around 22,916 BCE. But you shouldn't ...

Scientists have long relied on tree rings to learn about ancient solar storms—rare bursts of high-energy particles from the sun that can disrupt ...

But what has a jar in a desert cave to do with machine learning? A Bedouin shepherd who sought one of the limestone hills ...

Belarusian scientists have reconstructed the face of a miner who lived 4,500 years ago as part of the new study titled “The Population of Belarus. An Album in Faces, A Look into the Past”.

Research shows the Ishtar Temple at Assur was built on imported sand, revealing early ritual practices and the timeline of ...

Recovered from Bashplemi Lake in Dmanisi, southern Georgia, a basalt artifact is under review as experts assess its age, ...

A young woman who lived nearly two millennia ago along the southern coast of England has been the center of scientific ...