In the shadow of a coal mine in southern Greece, archaeologists discovered the oldest known handheld wooden tools ever found.

Researchers at the University of Southern California recently used high-resolution CT scanners and medical-grade 3-D printers to conduct virtual autopsies on the two Egyptian mummies. Their goal, as ...

Tom Levy’s career has spanned 40 years in the deserts of the Holy Land in Israel and Jordan, and is now focused on the eastern Mediterranean.

To rapidly map regions in fine detail, researchers need national but not necessarily local permission to carry out an aerial scan. It's similar to how Google can map your home without your consent.

Aerial lidar raises ethical questions because it can collect data remotely without the knowledge or consent of Indigenous and ...

Archaeologists in Tamil Nadu uncover India’s longest Iron Age iron spear, an 8-foot weapon revealing early metalworking skill ...

Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use.

Finds from Greece and Britain suggest early hominins were shaping wood and bone with far more intention and ingenuity than ...

CHENNAI: An ancient warrior could have used this iron spear to protect cattle and wealth from enemies, or it could have been ...

HANGZHOU -- New DNA analysis of soil sediments from a Song Dynasty (960-1279) shipwreck unearthed along the shore of Wenzhou city in East China's Zhejiang province has revealed that yams were once ...

The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has launched a New Year’s push to find people to work at its research stations in ...

The ancient Chinese legend that Tang dynasty rulers donned gold-plated armor in battle had long been mere myth—until now.