While much of Sogdian culture may be lost to time, some of their structures still stand, including the ruins of an ornate ...

The end of thePleistocene, marked by the Younger Dryas (YD) onset around 12.8 thousand years ago, witnessed the sudden ...

Archaeologists unearthed a massive trove of gold coins in the Czech Republic, minted by a long-lost civilization — with the site described by officials as "exceptional." The discovery was announced by ...

High up in the mountains of Peru’s Amazonas region, in the 1,000-year-old city of Kuélap, archaeologists have unearthed a unique tower tomb with a set of bones buried inside. The discovery was made at ...

Stone tool analysis of sites in Southeast Asia provided evidence that the area was a technological leader in seafaring. Archaeology supports that 40,000 years ago, the people living in Southeast Asia ...

A 2300-year-old tomb belonging to pre-Roman culture was recently discovered in Italy during sewer installations.The Brindisi ...

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

English archaeologist Jessica Rawson's book Life and Afterlife in Ancient China Photo: Courtesy of CITIC Press Group. In the ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced whole ...

Officials said the ancient city of Kuélap is the most important archaeological site in northeastern Peru. Photo by Peru's Ministry of Culture. High up in the mountains of Peru’s Amazonas region, in ...