While snooping around one of the world’s most remarkable archaeological sites, researchers peeled away layers of dusty earth ...

A team of archaeologists believes that three impressively sized circular ditch structures from around 4500 B.C.E.—which the team discovered in what is now southeastern Austria —are evidence of some of ...

Discovered in modern-day Turkey at the Karahantepe site, it could be the first-ever carved depiction of a human face.

The Neolithic-period archaeological village of ‘Nisia’ in the Protaras area of Famagusta District is the oldest known site in ...

This Neolithic stone axe was found within a prehistoric pit at Clifton (Worcestershire) during an archaeological project in 2006. The axe itself is beautifully made of polished stone and is very ...

Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of rare “rock crystal” quartz fragments in a ceremonial site in western England. This ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered a 6,000-year-old Neolithic home and evidence of Bronze Age cremations while working along the route of a new motorway in Cork. The team, which consists of ...

The team analyzed 30 birch tar artifacts from nine sites in the Alps region, most from lake settlements up to 6,300 years old. Twelve of these tar pieces were loose wads, many of which had telltale ...

Ancient bones, artifacts and texts offer numerous insights into the past, as does the chewing gum that Neolithic people ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Archaeological research in South India and Sri Lanka has brought to light several Iron Age and Early Historic sites; but Neolithic cultural ...

Lying on the ground near the center of Stonehenge, partially covered by two huge slabs that appear to have toppled over, is a 16-foot-long block of gray-green sandstone. In 1620, noted landscape ...