Credit: David Hiser/Environmental Protection Agency The bow and arrow only arrived in western North America 1,400 years ago, according to a recent dating of over a hundred ancient weapons. This is ...

Archaeologists working on the extensive renovation of the Binnenhof, the historic center of Dutch politics in The Hague, have uncovered the foundations of a medieval city gate. Known as the Spuipoort, ...

New research shows many ancient societies shared power and limited rulers, revealing that democracy existed far beyond Greece and Rome.

A new analysis of archaeological layers at Monte Verde in Chile suggests that people lived there 4,200 years ago, not 14,500 years ago as originally proposed. But many experts point to errors in the ...

Years of Indigenous Peoples in the Adirondacks Uplands,” by Curt Stager and David Kanietakeron Fadden, affirms long-held ...

For thousands of years, prehistoric hunters across western North America relied on the atlatl, a powerful dart-throwing device, to take down their prey. However, a recent comprehensive study reveals ...

A new study reveals that democracy was not limited to ancient Greece, showing shared governance existed across ancient societies worldwide.

COMMENTARY: The Pope’s call to be ‘made restless by history’ points to a path of honest engagement with the past that ...

A new book brings together contributions on Gaza’s ancient, modern, and contemporary cultural heritage, damaged or destroyed in the recent war, writes David Tresilian ...

Misaligned legislation, a lack of collaboration between communities and missing financial reports are all factors that challenged the B.C. government during the recovery of Lytton, according to a new ...

When the sarcophagus of the former Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great sustained damage and had to be opened, researchers ...

A new study on ancient societies from around the world is rewriting what we thought we knew about democracy. A team of researchers analyzed archaeological and historical evidence from 31 ancient ...