Dogs were 'loyal companions to Ice Age hunters' far earlier than believed, study finds
Pushing back the domestication timeline by 5,000 years via ancient DNA, a new study suggests that dogs lived with humans …
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Hidden NYC tunnel tied to Underground Railroad at risk of ‘significant damage,’ advocates warn
Engineers warn an Underground Railroad passageway found at NYC's Merchant's House Museum in Manhattan is threatened by a proposed nine-story …
Damaged church floor may have revealed the grave of the fourth musketeer
This will not be turning up in the church rummage sale.
Skeleton of Three Musketeers hero d’Artagnan may have been found
Archaeologists believe remains found in Maastricht, Netherlands, may be of soldier who inspired novel characterMore than three-and-a-half centuries after a …
Newly found letter reveals joy at ‘Tutankhamun curse’ creator’s death
The letter was penned by Howard Carter, who discovered Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922
New study upends theory about how humans got to the Americas
For decades, the strongest evidence for the earliest human settlement in the Americas came from a site in Chile called …
Never-before-seen photos of Neil Armstrong's near-fatal NASA mission surface 60 years later
Neil Armstrong photos from NASA's 1966 Gemini 8 emergency splashdown near Japan are now public, donated to the Armstrong Air …
America's UFO-inspired Carvel Flying Saucer turns 75 — and it's still flying off shelves
Carvel's Flying Saucer ice-cream sandwich is celebrating 75 years, with its origins tied to the 1950s UFO craze and Tom …
Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn't change
Stop trying to make "Clovis First" happen; it's not going to happen.
Archaeological site in Chile upends theory of how humans populated the Americas … again
Discovery at Monte Verde puts north-to-south expansion theory back at centre of heated debate on continent’s human historyA groundbreaking new …
Temple from time of Christ reveals powerful society lost to history, archaeologists say
Archaeologists uncovered a 2,000-year-old temple in Denmark at Hedegård, revealing insights into a mysterious Iron Age power center with luxury …
Archaeologists uncover lost medieval city that vanished without a trace: 'True time capsule'
Archaeologists have discovered the lost medieval town of Stolzenberg in a Polish forest, uncovering more than 400 artifacts and new …
France returns sacred talking drum looted from Côte d’Ivoire over 100 years ago
Djidji Ayôkwé was handed to Ivorian officials in Paris earlier this monthA sacred artefact looted by French colonial authorities more …
Centuries before the Inca, Peru's wealthy imported parrots from afar
The Inca Empire's system of roads were built on centuries-old trade routes.