Experts believe the site where the coins, which date back 2,500 years, were found could have once been a seasonal market.

Archaeologist Chapurukha M. Kusimba, University of South Florida (Image credit: James Provost (CC BY-ND)) The continent of Africa is recognized as the place where humankind originated and evolved over ...

An archaeologist is piecing together what the V-shaped stone structures—some stretching 500 feet long—were used for.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The team found three ...

The origin of houses discovered in the 1990s on an island near Abu Dhabi remained a mystery, until a recent discovery. Archaeologists uncovered a plaster cross from 1,400 years ago in a courtyard.

Researchers recently used near-infrared photography to get a detailed look at ancient artwork showing scenes of wild animals tangled in a fight. But these weren’t paintings on a cave wall. They were ...