Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

An ancient Indigenous settlement has been unearthed in Saskatchewan, shedding new light on North American civilizations. Unlike the previously held belief that Indigenous peoples were nomadic, ...

An 11,000-year-old Indigenous settlement found in Saskatchewan reshapes the understanding of North American civilizations.

In “Summer of Fire and Blood,” Lyndal Roper tells the story of the serfs who fought for a better life and the elites who ...

Archaeologists used to think that the Clovis people were the first inhabitants of the Americas some 13,500 years ago. The ...

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Sot Samnang, director of the park, shared that the fires were set by a small number of people living in the surrounding areas. He explained that, as is usual during the dry season, some villagers set ...

Anna Kaye’s latest exhibit at the Denver Botanic Gardens studies how Colorado’s wildfires are both devastating yet necessary.

They are learning an ancient skill — but also saving a dying craft ‘Working with metal and fire is a bad-ass thing to do’ – meet the young people keeping our traditional crafts alive The ...

Archaeologists in Denmark found a “rare” Roman helmet buried by an ancient chief along with hundreds of weapons and other artifacts. Photo from the Vejle Museums Archaeologists in Denmark ...

Discovered by a private fossil hunter on a historic coastal cliff in Denmark, Milan says it offers a rare glimpse into the hunting habits ... offers clues about ancient ecosystems — namely ...

Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to the site of the ancient city of Hama, a region that was occupied for close to 8,000 years. Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied ...