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

A new study maps the genetic origins of Scythians, showing diverse steppe and minor Asian ancestry and revising long‑held views.

Excavations at caves on Ingleborough , North Yorkshire, reveal rare Bronze Age auroch remains, shedding light on ancient life in the Yorkshire Dales.

The man, who died roughly 3,800 years ago, may have been a prominent military leader and was buried in an elaborate fashion. The woman—with skin, hair and nails still intact—belonged to the ...

A study by Ali Vahdati and his colleagues, Raffaele Biscone, Roberto Dan, and Marie-Claude Trémouille analyzed the remains ...

Archaeologists working at the Tinshemet Cave in Israel believe they’ve discovered one of the world’s oldest human burial ...

The man, who died roughly 3,800 years ago, may have been a prominent military leader and was buried in an elaborate fashion.

Archaeologists have unearthed 3,200-year-old fragments of a warrior's bronze chest armor in southern Moravia near Brno, Czech ...

Anhalt, Germany, have uncovered a late Bronze Age settlement in Wolmirstedt during excavations for a sports stadium.

The burial holds a Bronze Age man who stood more than 6 feet, 6 inches tall and may have been a military leader.

Beneath the grounds where the new sports stadium of Wolmirstedt will be built in the central German state of Saxony-Anhalt, a ...

Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world's oldest known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years. The ...