Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The team found three circular ditch systems that date to around 6,500 years ...

Archaeological studies of a landscape in eastern Ireland have turned up the greatest number yet of ancient structures that remain rare in that country, and may cast light on the beliefs and burial ...

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 ...

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Archaeologists at Karahantepe, one of the world’s oldest Neolithic sites, have uncovered the earliest known three-dimensional mythological depiction, hailed as the discovery of the century. Dating ...

The excavation is being carried out near Kote Veerabhadreshwara Temple. The excavation has now reached a depth of up to 1.55 ...

An interdisciplinary research project on the development of the earliest forms of agriculture shows that early farming societies began to integrate new cereal varieties into their range of crops ...

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

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The team found three ...