A chance encounter in the Amazon rainforest has revealed what researchers describe as a rare archaeological find that could reshape our understanding of pre-Columbian societies in South America. In ...

In ancient times, it was said that all men are either Platonists or Aristotelians, an aphorism updated to our days by ...

Human sacrifices dating back around 2,300 years have been found near an ancient temple in Peru. While excavating a temple in ...

The Archaeological Museum of Gdańsk has presented to the public for the first time an exceptionally shaped funerary urn, an ...

Buried people were likely sacrifices offered to ancient place of worship, researchers say ...

Here I provide a perspective on the palaeogenetic revolution from an archaeologist who has spent the last four years working alongside palaeogeneticists. I address the questions posed for this journal ...