Island’s famous Moai statues remain one of the greatest archaeological enigmas in the world. This video questions the mainstream narrative that Polynesian settlers carved and transported over 1,000 ...

EL PAÍS received exclusive access to the latest developments and updates in the Ancient American Art section of the ...

Researchers in Peru have considerably expanded the known footprint of Gran Pajatén, a pre-Hispanic settlement of the ...

Throughout history, civilizations across the world have created materials that were way ahead of their times using limited ...

Ancient Chavín elites used hallucinogens in private rituals to strengthen their authority and shape early social hierarchies.

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced the discovery of more than a hundred previously unknown archaeological ...

Experiences include touring Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris with an architect from its restoration, making ramen with a Michelin-starred chef in Tokyo, and riding on horseback through historical Inca ...

John K. Murray does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Stone tools are rocks that have been selected for use or intentionally altered. This technology appeared around 3.3 million years ago and became essential to hominins—all the living and extinct ...

LONGTAN, CHINA—CNN reports that stone tools synonymous with Neanderthals were discovered at the Longtan site in southwest China's Yunnan Province—but no Neanderthal is thought to have ever ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Have you ever found yourself in a museum's gallery of human origins, staring at a glass case full of rocks labeled“stone tools,” muttering under your breath,“How ...