420,000 to 200,000 years ago, prehistoric humans at Qesem Cave were sophisticated enough, intelligent enough and talented enough to know that it was possible to preserve particular bones of animals under specific conditions, and, when necessary,…

Researchers argues; private property, not productivity, precipitated Neolithic agricultural... Farming would be an unlikely choice without possession-based private property, which appears to have existed among rare groups of sedentary…

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Archaeologists solved mystery of 1,850-year-old stage of antic odeion in ancient port city of Parion (Parium) of Çanakkale province in Turkey's western

Turkish archaeologist and painter that fetched millions in an auction last week will be spotlighted in a new Islamic art exhibition in London. Osman Hamdi Bey's Girl Reading the Quran was sold last week to Malaysian Islamic Arts Museum for more than…

The skeleton was discovered in a residence dating back to the Late Chalcolithic era during ongoing excavations in the Archaeological Site of Arslantepe, located in the eastern Malatya province. Beads on skeleton’s arms, neck indicate child was member…

A 158-member team is carrying out excavation efforts in Solhan, a district of Bingol province, which is expected to be submerged after a nearby dam.

Touted as a magical, wish stone at the Hattusha great temple area in Turkey's Black Sea province of Corum, the history and origin of this green and bright rock are shrouded in mystery.

Micromorphology can help identify areas of sedimentary deposit that are most conducive to ancient DNA preservation and could be usefully integrated with DNA analyses of sediments at archaeological sites to illuminate features of their human and…

A golden funerary mask was among the finds in an Archaic-era cemetery in Achlada, west of Florina in northern Greece. Gold funerary mask found in archaic Macedonia cemetery revives Hercules and Doric myths

This discovery pushes back the age of the oldest Acheulian occupation of north-western Europe by more than 100 ka and bridges the gap between the archaeological records of northern France and England.

Tunceli Museum will have a library, sections on Alevi culture, archaeology and ethnography

4th century BC bathhouse has sections meant for different purposes with facility for cold, warm and hot bath

Apparently belonging to a temple of columns and marble pedestals were found at Drilling excavations in the Amasra district of Bartın. It is estimated that the temple may belong to the temple of Queen Amastris, who gave the district its name.

The newly-discovered relief is on a par with Anubanini reliefs, which are widely believed to be the oldest rock reliefs in the country. Bas-relief may be show a ruler of Mesopotamian.

The distillery was discovered by construction workers by accident in Suixi County, east China's Anhui Province, according to the provincial institute of heritage and archaeology.