Ancient stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi represent the oldest evidence for humans living there 1 ...

The newly discovered trilobite may be hundreds of millions of years old, but its use 2,000 years ago as an amulet is the ...

Seven newly discovered stone tools, dating to between 1.04 and 1.48 million years ago, were found on the Indonesian island of ...

Excavated implements suggest a Homo species arrived on Sulawesi over 1 million years ago, before a nearby island hosted hobbit ancestors.

CAIRO — Egypt has unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years.

Sugar, particularly in rock candy form, represents a long history of global trade and power, and remains a well-loved symbolic food in many parts of the world.

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient rock carving of a boat on the banks of the Nile in Egypt. New research suggests that the engraving is up to 5,100 years old, predating Egypt’s First ...

5,000-Year-Old Rock Art May Show One Of Ancient Egypt’s First Rulers The artwork probably predates Narmer, Egypt's first Pharaoh.

Human History 5,000-Year-Old Rock Carving Is Among the Oldest Known Depictions of an Ancient Egyptian Ruler Rock art may have been a way for elite individuals to show off their power.

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state.

Dodging fire-ants, snakes and millions of nighttime creepy-crawlies, a group of trekkers advances through the humid Bornean rainforest, scanning with flashlights for some of the jungle's most ...