The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of ...

Experts say the discovery "opens a window into the spiritual world of communities that lived approximately 10,000 years ago.” ...

The saddle quern, a hand tool used for grinding grain, lay hidden beneath layers of Early Neolithic pottery shards. This site ...

This government is going to crack on and deliver'. The Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday gave government backing for a ...

Discover the diverse diet of Neolithic farmers, featuring grains, tubers, and wild plants, through analysis of ancient ...

HENAN PROVINCE, CHINA—According to a Phys.org report, archaeologist Xingtao Wei of Zhengzhou University and his colleagues analyzed residues preserved on three 8,000-year-old pottery tripods ...

Archaeologists Unearth Rare Neolithic Settlement, Sheds Light on Civilization and Agricultural Practice In one of the most exciting archaeological finds, a group of researchers has revealed an ...

Snakes weren’t always “little dragons.” In early Chinese cultures, they were powerful symbols of vitality and strength in ...

Three years ago, archaeologists were called to a 24-acre plot of land in central England. They were there on behalf of Bloor Homes, a housing development company, to search the land and make sure ...

Jericho is one of the cities with the oldest defensive walls in the world (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — The majority of known Pre-Pottery Neolithic A settlements are found in the southern Levant, ...

The sun stones correspond with the decline of the so-called Funnel Beaker tradition in European Neolithic culture, or the era ...