An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archaeology at Simon Fraser University in the ...

Norway's melting glaciers are revealing objects from the Stone Age, the Iron Age, and the medieval era. Some ancient artifacts are mysteries, but they still indicate trade routes through the mountains ...

The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some archaeologists. The subtle patterns could be early signs of creativity and ...

Primordial black holes are ancient mysteries, born in the universe’s earliest seconds. Unlike regular black holes, they weren’t formed by collapsing stars. Instead, they emerged when extremely dense ...

I. Egypt before the Old Kingdom -- The Predynastic Period -- Objects of the Predynastic Period -- The Archaic Period -- Objects of the Archaic Period -- II. The Old Kingdom -- The historical ...

Aegyptiaca, found in Archaic (ca. 776-480 BCE) archaeological contexts. Earlier studies have focused only on the formal elements of the artifacts, and even less often have they framed the data in the ...

In a groundbreaking discovery beyond Pluto, scientists have detected a small celestial body that could alter our perception of the Solar System’s outer reaches. The object, labeled 2023 KQ14, was ...

A lucky individual in Sweden discovered a cauldron filled with medieval rings, pendants and several thousand coins that were all remarkably well-preserved. In a translated statement from the County ...