Archaeologists during excavations near the village of Reinstedt in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, before the construction of wind ...

Archaeologists in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt have uncovered an unusual underground tunnel inside a much older ...

Göbeklitepe-style T-pillars uncovered in Adıyaman show early Neolithic monument building spread across Upper Mesopotamia, not ...

A neolithic burial chamber in Carnac, France (Mark Cartwright/Creative Commons) (CN) — Early humans experienced a rapid population collapse across large parts of Europe five thousand years ago, the ...

The Valletta Convention requires developers to fund archaeological investigations, shifting costs away from taxpayers while ...

A 6,800-year-old skeleton has been unearthed in Germany, belonging to a person who lived as far back as 4800 BC. The remains are thought to belong to an older man from a Neolithic community, who may ...

Archaeologists have discovered a massive series of Neolithic-era pits very close to the Stonehenge site in southern England. As with Stonehenge itself its purpose remains a mystery, but the mere ...

We may not know exactly how or why Stonehenge was built, but new research affords a glimpse of the people who erected England’s iconic stone monument some 5,000 years ago. The study, which examined ...

New research analyzing ancient pottery from the Xueshan archaeological site in Beijing offers fresh insights into how the ...

Even in the Neolithic era, people loved bling. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 2, 2023 2:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Stonehenge's enormous rocks may have been transported to the prehistoric site with the help of pig fat, a scientist has said. Archaeologist Lisa-Marie Shillito say residues of fat on pottery ...

Researchers have found a 7,000-year-old wooden well, the oldest wooden structure ever discovered in Europe. The Neolithic structure is made of oak and hazel wood, which are indigenous to the East ...