A thick band of clay and sand, believed to be the remains of a massive flood, has been discovered beneath ancient ruins in Iraq, reopening a familiar question in archaeology: could earlier human ...

The discovery of colossal Olmec stone heads revealed the existence of a long forgotten civilization that shaped early Mesoamerica. From these early societies emerged the first Maya cities, massive ...

While archaeologists were recently examining Neanderthal remains in the Spanish Pyrenees, a very different discovery has now stolen the spotlight: a mysterious medieval community that lived for ...

When we think of exhibits of ancient civilizations, our minds inevitably turn to ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks or Romans. While these associations are understandable, they reflect a ...