The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

Further south, in the Don River basin, the menu changed. There, the “chefs” were obsessed with seeds. The foodcrusts were packed with wild grasses and wild legumes, like clover, all cooked together ...

Explore Pennsylvania’s ancient treasures that offer a glimpse into the past and will captivate history enthusiasts.

The Late Bronze Age “Urnfield” world is famous for cremation - yet that very practice usually destroys the biological clues archaeologists need. Now, an international team has used rare inhumation ...

In Africa, colonialism has mostly been studied as something imposed from outside, for example from Europe in the 19th and ...

Perspectives on the Ancient Near Eastern canon : More than Mesopotamia's greatest hits / Amy Rebecca Gansell and Ann Shafer -- The southern Levant and the Ancient Near Eastern canon / Rachel Hallote - ...

Researchers recently used near-infrared photography to get a detailed look at ancient artwork showing scenes of wild animals tangled in a fight. But these weren’t paintings on a cave wall. They were ...

Professor of archaeology at the University of São Paulo, challenged longstanding academic assumptions in a virtual lecture.