In her curation of “The World Between,” Dakouri-Hild calls attention to the complexities of cultural formation in geographic ...

Climate change is not just a modern dilemma; it’s a force that has reshaped the trajectory of human history time and again.

Long before municipal water treatment plants and chlorination, ancient societies faced the same essential challenge we ...

The archaeologists discovered the figurine in the Damjili Cave, which was first explored by archaeologists in 1953. Layers within the cave show a high density of Neolithic settlements, and trace life ...

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had to form their own beliefs over what happened during this brief, but awesome, event.

SAN DIEGO — The total solar eclipse is one week away. Before there was scientific reasoning behind the astronomical event, there were cultural myths and superstitions for why the sun disappeared. Long ...

As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

It was common for ancient cultures to communally take hallucinogens, but this society did things much differently. An international team of archaeologists has revealed the role hallucinogenic drugs ...

Archaeologists found a bone whistle used by ancient Egyptian guards to warn of grave robbers, shedding light on how royal tombs were protected. The whistle made from a cow’s toe bone was recovered ...

The artefacts, which belong to the prehistoric Kuli and Naal cultures of Balochistan, date back nearly 5,000 years. They ...