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 ...

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

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, ...

A major community archaeology project exploring the ancient heritage of Burnley and Nelson – including the lost site of a legendary battle – has been awarded more than £100,000 from the National ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The National Museum of the Great Lakes this week announced the discovery of a 157-year-old shipwreck in Lake Erie, the second ...

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 ...

Buried in the deserts of the Near East, Egypt, and Central Asia, ancient libraries with troves of knowledge and wisdom have been uncovered.

The dust-covered relic emerges from the earth, promising to rewrite history books and challenge everything we thought we knew about the past. For centuries, ...