Archaeology

Nabta Playa in Egypt is an ancient stone circle that researchers suspect was used to determine the summer solstice, which signaled rain was on the way.

Ancient human genomes reconstructed from remains at a southern African rock shelter show remarkable genetic continuity over time.

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old tomb that belonged to an ancient Egyptian governor's daughter.

Inside a basilica in Turkey, researchers have unearthed a bone-filled tomb that may have belonged to a Roman gladiator named Euphrates and was later repurposed for a dozen people.

A new ecological model suggests Neanderthals and modern humans interbred in the Zagros Mountains in what is now Iran before going their separate ways 80,000 years ago.

Braving the cold weather required Neanderthals to have robust bodies and to know how to make fire. But did they wear clothes?

We don't know when the last Neanderthal died, but many archaeologists think some of the last lineages lived in southern Iberia.

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.

The newfound wreck could help maritime archaeologists better understand how 20th-century warships were designed.

Archaeologists think the coin dates to the first years of the region's rule by the Ottoman Empire.