Across the world’s continental shelves, archaeologists are racing a rising tide of development and climate change to map and protect drowned landscapes that once held thriving communities. What was ...
The hand stencil is more than 1,000 years older than the previous earliest evidence of rock art.
The 67,800-year-old reddish-colored stenciled image has become faded over time and is barely visible on a cave wall, but ...
The past holds many secrets. We just need to know where to dig. The Facebook page 'Archaeology World' is an excellent source for everyone interested in what the ancient Greek architects, 18th-century ...
A groundbreaking study published in Nature proposes how Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed using an internal ...
Africanist archaeologists now recognize that archaeology, like history and other social sciences, is a relativist body of knowledge, subject to different interpretations and theoretical analyses. The ...
Image credits: Archaeology World #8 Lascaux Cave Lascaux Cave in France’s Dordogne region is renowned for its stunning Palaeolithic wall paintings. These artworks, mostly depictions of animals, date ...