The term "culture" has a bad reputation in archaeological research—and for good reason. In the early 20th century, the German ...

New research has shown that water movement in clay-rich soils can lift stone artifacts toward the surface—exerting a natural ...

The history of the planet and the civilizations that have lived on it are among life’s greatest mysteries.People have roamed ...

Archaeologists used to think that the Clovis people were the first inhabitants of the Americas some 13,500 years ago. The evidence from these ancient sites says otherwise. More recently, discoveries ...

Amazing discovery of a large villa outside of the city of Pompeii, Italy. Mt. Vesuvius, near the city of Pompeii, Italy, erupted in 79 A.D., wiping out an entire town. Hundreds of years later, ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

Building on a portion of the Bridge View development in Cedar Point, N.C., has been halted after the discovery of what archaeologists say could be a significant historical site. The site drew ...

Senior researcher, National Museum of Denmark. In the Arctic, where snow covers the ground for much of the year, permafrost has long preserved the region’s archaeological record. Acting as a natural ...

The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Mérida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania. The well-preserved remains of ...

A batch of cultural and community activities are set to be held at the Taosi National Archaeological Site Park that was just inaugurated on Tuesday, according to a document from the local culture ...