New radiocarbon dating of the ‘Llullaillaco Maiden’ appears to rule out a response to natural disasters or Inca campaigns of conquest.
The outbreak occurred much earlier than the Middle Ages and had an unexpectedly high mortality rate.
A team of archeologists set out to understand the pyramid's structural resilience against seismic hazards.
Sixty years after the body was first discovered, advanced imaging techniques revealed a curious box that resembled the kind Roman doctors carried to treat patients.
The answer comes down to two things: our legs and brains.
An ‘exceptionally well-preserved’ notebook pulled from a late Middle Ages latrine was found alongside silk scraps believed to once be fancy toilet paper.
The company entrusted with 5,500 artifacts salvaged from the Titanic wants to pawn off 100 to deal with its creditors.
Over 280 ancient mass graves have been discovered east of the Nile, and the monuments predate ancient Egypt.
A 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar contains evidence of a cavity removal procedure, offering fresh insight into these early humans' intelligence.
Researchers extracted ancient proteins from six archaic humans and found something in common with other extinct relatives—and us.