The colossal rock-cut Ad Deir Monastery facade in Petra, Jordan, stands against a dramatic sunset sky. Its intricate sandstone architecture dominates the rugged, arid landscape. (ChiemSeherin/Pixabay) ...
A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa ...
The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic ...
Scientists discover a tiny ancient reptile, Captorhinus aguti, that may explain how rib breathing evolved and how humans ...
About 1,500 years ago, in what is now South Korea, a gruesome practice known as ‘sunjang’ dictated that servants, retainers, ...
At first glance, Gunung Padang looked like a strange terraced hill in West Java. But deeper investigation suggested something much more extreme: a massive man-made structure with multiple buried ...
WASHINGTON - A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth's primordial ...
Travel back in time with Stacker through some of the most impressive archeological discoveries in the world, according to ...
Rising seas erased this prehistoric human world from history—until ocean dredgers recently discovered it.
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." During the glacial period that chilled the Earth 140,000 years ago, sea levels in the Indonesian region ...
Researchers in Egypt have discovered a massive trove of what amount to ancient notepads. The 43,000 ostraca—sherds of broken pottery onto which Egyptians scrawled short messages—were excavated from ...