A curious Bronze Age artifact unearthed at a ceremonial site in southwestern China has now been identified as the earliest known and the largest of its kind, according to newly published research.

An unassuming grave on the western shore of the Black Sea has pushed the story of gold back to a far earlier chapter than anyone expected. The burial, part of a prehistoric cemetery near the modern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A figurine called Adorant from Geissenkloesterle Cave, located near the town of Blaubeuren in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, ...

In a study published in Archaeological Research in Asia, Dr. Haichao Li and a team of researchers analyzed the earliest ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Discoveries are coming out of the dirt in St. Augustine. At an archaeological dig, pieces of history are seeing the light of day for the first time in more than 400 years. Carl ...

If you want to feel connected to ancient history, just take a look at your shoes, listen to some music played on a flute or take a sip of wine—it turns out that some of the oldest items humans have ...

Washington - A small object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979 - crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some of the earliest people to establish a distinct culture in ...