Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a new analysis.

You wouldn't swipe a historic relic while sightseeing, would you? Here are four cases of people who did, then made amends upon realizing their wrongdoing.

History is full of surprises, but some discoveries leave experts scratching their heads. These ancient artifacts defy logic and challenge what we know about human history. Let's explore five such ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A small object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979 - crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some of the earliest people to ...

A simple stick, shaped by ancient hands roughly 430,000 years ago, is rewriting what researchers thought they knew about early technology. Carved from wood and preserved in Greek sediments, it now ...

These ancient tribes were bad to the bone. Drinking from skulls might not be limited to lurid serial killer movies. Archaeologists have exhumed skull cups and skeleton masks among a repository of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed Paleolithic glyphs in a German cave, potentially pushing back the history of written communication by over 30,000 years.

At approximately 3 a.m., a police report stated, a man smashed a window of The Abbey Place Museum and took several artifacts.

Bearded vultures build giant, elaborate nests that are passed down from generation to generation. And according to a new study, some of these scavengers have collected bits and bobs of human history ...