Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

A 7,000-year-old grave site in present-day Oman indicates that the region’s Neolithic communities sometimes turned to an ...

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time ...

The majority of the temple dates to the 7th century BC, but archaeologists discovered portions of the site that are even ...

Children in Ancient Greece played with figurines that, much like modern Barbies, reflected the society and aspirations of ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

During the season 22 premiere episode of "Ancient Aliens" viewers tuning in will join skilled archaeologists as they take a ...

The History Channel series returns January 15 with "Skulls of the Gods," examining whether these archaeological finds have ...