The elongated skull was likely caused by a genetic condition, but it evidently didn’t get in the way of the individual’s ...

“Ten unsolved, creepy, or just weird Boston archeological oddities,” is a joint project between Globe Opinion and the City of Boston Archaeology Team that answers many questions but asks many more: ...

Here I provide a perspective on the palaeogenetic revolution from an archaeologist who has spent the last four years working alongside palaeogeneticists. I address the questions posed for this journal ...

Beneath layers of Earth and centuries of dust, 2024's archaeological discoveries have proven that history has a remarkable sense of humor. While most excavations uncover pottery shards and ancient ...

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Nine strange crocodile heads that had been hidden for thousands of years in an ancient Egyptian tomb have been unearthed by archaeologists, reported first by Art News. A team from the University of ...

At least 15 human skulls at a Neolithic site in Italy may represent the group's collective ancestors, although archaeologists aren't certain. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Swedish archaeologists recently found an “unusual” Viking-era coffin dating back over 1,100 years. The discovery was announced by Arkeologerna, an archaeological organization affiliated with the ...

A strange alien-like clay head dating back thousands of years has been retrieved from an excavation in Kuwait, stumping archaeologists about how it came to be. In a Nov. 28 press release published by ...

Compiling a list of the top archaeological finds in a given year is always a weird exercise in time dilation. I’m tasked with revisiting past lives through the art, shipwrecks, and bones left behind.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Science and critical thinking -- The flat earth -- Ptolemy revisited -- The hollow earth -- Is the earth expanding? -- Did we really land on the Moon? -- ...