These out-of-place artifacts, or OOPArts, are surprising for their place and time — but there's an explanation behind each ...

Scientists examined the skull's bones and teeth and found that the individual likely lived in Tamaulipas his entire life.

Flat-topped skulls have previously been unearthed in and around territory associated with the Mayans, who never established a ...

A series of century-scale droughts may have quietly reshaped one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations. New climate ...

A cube-shaped skull from 1,400 years ago is opening a mystery that may reshape our understanding of the ancient world.

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

In a remarkable discovery that has captured the attention of archaeologists worldwide, a 1,400-year-old cube-shaped skull was ...

A 1,400-year-old cube-shaped skull found in Mexico could provide new insights into Mesoamerican cranial modification ...

Mesopotamia, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is recognized as the earliest cradle of civilization due to ...

One part a literary subgenre of sci-fi, pioneered by the likes of Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler, and one part cross-cultural, interdisciplinary aesthetic movement, Afrofuturism — a term ...

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...