Europe has plenty of ancient sites but these prehistoric gems in the Alps of Germany and Italy are still surprisingly ...

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know how the rams were made ...

People living in Bronze Age-era Denmark may have been able to travel to Norway directly over the open sea, according to a new study. To complete this study, the research team developed a new computer ...

Bronze Age cymbals discovered in Oman show music's role in connecting ancient civilizations, shifting focus from trade to ...

A clay tablet, almost 4,000 years old, reveals how a Mesopotamian man named Nanni took matters into his own hands when he ...

The final destruction of the EB II-III city at Khirbet Al Batrawy was followed by a relatively short period of abandonment (BatrawyIVa, Early Bronze IVA, 2,300-2,200 BC), said an Italian archaeologist ...

Stone tools unearthed in China's Yunnan province suggest Neanderthals or another ancient human species adapted to harsh ...

The Maghreb has long been absent from studies on the recent prehistory of the Mediterranean. The new findings change that.

A multitude of mysteries remain unsolved about the ancient Greek world, providing more questions than answers.

The tomb contained bronze tools, arrowheads, alabaster jars and a gold ring ... a metal detectorist discovered a massive Iron Age hoard, including over 800 objects like chariot pieces and ceremonial ...

His curiosity paid off. Archaeologists have discovered that the stone is part of a larger Bronze Age ceremonial complex that dates back to around 1700 B.C.E. The site, which is located near the ...

The cuneiform tablets discovered there and in other Hittite sites represent one of the largest groups of texts from the ancient Near East. They include thousands of sources in Hittite, an ...