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In Egypt's eastern Nile Delta, a dig is shedding light on the routines of a community that lived about 3,500 years ago. The ...

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Meteorites provided a rare but ready source of iron for ancient Bronze Age cultures before smelting became common. A new study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, sheds light on how ...

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The discovery at Koskarlı Cave offers archaeologists new clues about hunter-gatherers who occupied the eastern Black Sea ...

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and ...

At gas wells tapping the Antrim Shale beneath much of the Great Lakes region, University of Michigan researchers analyzed ...

Measurement tools form a crucial foundation in literally every job you'll take on as a homeowner dabbling in the DIY renovation and repair world. Regardless of how complex the task might be, measuring ...

For much of the last century, the story of early technology seemed straightforward. The genus Homo made stone tools, and their appearance marked a turning point on the path that eventually led to ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)— A UW La Crosse senior is combining two passions—archaeology and tattoos—into a groundbreaking research project that's revealing details about ancient cultures that textbooks ...

Crystals inside a prehistoric bone rewrote scientists’ estimates of the age of the archaeological site, suggesting that the stone tools were made during a harsh ice age In central China, scientists ...