Within Africa, there is evidence of burned human remains at a 7,500-year-old site in Egypt, although these are not associated ...

About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base ...

A new study published in the journal Science Advances provides the earliest evidence of intentional cremation in Africa. It describes the world’s oldest known in situ cremation pyre containing the ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the ...

Along the western edge of South America, the Andes Mountains encompass one of the largest concentrations of volcanoes on Earth. Many of these volcanoes are active, and in the historical record of ...

This video documents a visit to the 166-year-old grave of a general, exploring the history behind his service, his final resting place, and the era he lived in. A quiet look at a life and legacy ...

In 2008, archaeologist Rodrigo Esparza discovered a plethora of artifacts near the 2,000-year-old Guachimontones circular pyramids in Mexico but was unable to determine what exactly they were — until ...

WINONA, Minn. (WKBT) — A 66-million-year-old dinosaur fossil with extraordinarily preserved skin and soft tissue has arrived at Winona State University, offering students and researchers a rare ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Scientists have reconstructed the most complete and lifelike profile of Edmontosaurus annectens thanks to an extraordinary preservation process called clay templating, in which a thin clay film ...

At long last, Universal's The Mummy franchise is rising from its tomb...with a little help from Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. The forthcoming chapter in the O'Connell saga marks the studio's first ...