Tag: archaeology

Thorin was the name given to a Neanderthal specimen found amongst a small group of Neanderthals that lived between 42,000 ...

A piece of the Antikythera mechanismLOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images The Antikythera mechanism, a mysterious ancient Greek device that is often called ...

The Dolní Vestonice Portrait Head is just 2 inches tall and 1 inch wide. It’s a tiny face carved into ...

Pinpointing when animals became our companions is harder than it sounds. Every fossil find and genetic study tweaks what we ...

A ship’s ram found near Sicily that had been used in the Punic warsPeter Horree/Alamy Ancient Greek and Roman warships ...

Thousands of stone tools discovered in a South African cave reveal that Ice Age humans had developed sophisticated fabrication techniques ...

If an expansive Mesozoic menu was laid out in front of you, what would you order? Tyranno tenders or triceratops-burgers ...

Decades after its initial discovery, the skeleton of a prehistoric child who possessed both human and Neanderthal attributes has now ...

Stonehenge sits near the top of Britain’s most iconic landmarks, but a lesser-known precursor to this ancient site may be ...

Tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets are sitting around, just waiting to be translated. It’s not an easy job; the ...