A newly confirmed mass grave in the ancient city of Jerash, Jordan, offers chilling insight into one of history’s first recorded pandemics. Hundreds of plague victims were buried within a matter of ...

Archaeologists found 115,000-year-old human footprints where they shouldn't be—and they just might rewrite the history of ...

Archaeologists found the victim holding a terracotta mortar, which they interpret as an improvised attempt to shield his head ...

We are blessed to live in the 21st century with modern advances that provide so many conveniences that our grandparents never dreamed of. Indoor plumbing, electricity, the internet, and cell ...

A new study suggests Neanderthals didn’t go extinct simply because of climate change or competition with Homo sapiens. Instead, the key difference may have been social connectivity—Homo sapiens formed ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Until recently, Nubian King Qashqash was only known to historians from a few scattered references, leaving it unclear whether he was an authentic ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of ancient Roman marching camps in Saxony-Anhalt — a first for one of Eastern Germany's larger states. The discovery was announced by the State Office for ...

A scholar reinterpreting historical and archaeological evidence in present-day Switzerland believes the Helvetians retained ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An archaeological layer in Africa contained over 20 scraps of paper dated to the 16th or 17th centuries, including an order from ...