The surgery had been performed with stone or bone tools, perhaps to treat epilepsy, migraines, or behavioral problems.

The team also studied the tomb of Queen Elisenda de Montcada. Her remains were recovered from a medieval wooden box; her ...

More than 100 shipwrecks from a forgotten wartime gamble lie half-submerged in a quiet Maryland bay—and almost no one knows ...

During a routine patrol, firefighters found a 4,000-year-old stone face carving in Kazakhstan, revealing fascinating insights ...

Beneath the crowded streets and ancient stone walls of Jerusalem, archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable tunnel that offers a new glimpse into the city’s past. Hidden for centuries beneath layers ...

Neanderthals used sophisticated techniques with a stone drill to treat a painful dental cavity, according to new research.

In the Judean desert, a complex past is being unearthed into a complicated present. This site, at Tala'at Ad-Dam, sits along an ancient pilgrimage route to Jerusalem, one Jesus' parents were said to ...

Two middle school robotics teams from Crowley, Louisiana, have earned spots in major international competitions. The teams developed innovative solutions to real-world archaeology problems, including ...

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...