At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

According to archaeology news site Ancient Origins, the Sumerian tablet was first uncovered at the site of the city of Uruk located in ancient Mesopotamia, which is in present-day Iraq. It was part of ...

An ancient civilization on Mars was wiped out by a nuclear attack from another alien race. It might sound like the plot of a science fiction novel, but Harvard scientist Dr John Brandenburg ...

A federal jury convicted two Henderson men on Wednesday on charges related to the damage of ancient rock formations at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, according to federal prosecutors.

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

Jin Hongjun explains tree protection under an ancient cypress at Zhongyue Temple in Dengfeng. WU YANBO/CHINA DAILY Tree healer Jin Hongjun, 55, vividly recalls the painstaking efforts to save ...

Dire wolf pups born using gene-edited ancient DNA CRISPR used to match dire wolf genes in grey wolf embryos Dallas firm Colossal leads species restoration breakthrough ...

What does it take to decipher an extinct writing system? If Joshua Hammer’s new book The Mesopotamian Riddle: An archaeologist, a soldier, a clergyman, and the race to decipher the world’s ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...

Ari Caramanica receives funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities. Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest ...