Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper ...

The world's oldest known botanical art, from the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia around 6000 BCE, hides fascinating cultural shifts in its seemingly simple motifs, a new study reveals. The ...

Retired Navy commander Karl Schab is pictured with his father Ira “Ike” Schab at the 81st Commemoration of the “National Pearl Harbor Remembrance. Everlasting Legacy.” Schab was born on July 4, 1920, ...

Evidence of a hearth dating to about 415,000 years ago Researchers think that Neanderthals were responsible Discovery made near the village of Barnham in Suffolk Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have ...

A 400,000-year-old site excavated in England reveals signs of deliberate fires made using the mineral iron pyrite to produce sparks. Ségolène Vandevelde is at the Centre for Mineral Resource Studies ...

After decades of steady decline, new research indicates that the number of Americans identifying as religious may have stabilized, signaling a possible plateau in the nation’s ongoing religious ...

Family, community members, and city leaders gathered in Tulsa and Bartlesville to honor Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest known survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, who died at age 111. TULSA, Okla ...

It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its creators pull that off? Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania ...

The world’s oldest known medieval Judaica relic is now its most valuable, too The 12th-century Kiddush cup, which sheds light on the little-known Jewish community of eastern Khorasan, went for $4 ...

Scientists uncovered Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells, revealing the secret lives of ancient mekosuchine crocodiles that once dominated inland ecosystems. These crocs filled surprising ...