The lives and craft of ancient Egyptian artisans are the subject of a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Sketch showing a stonemason at work, holding a chisel ...

Archaeologists have unearthed troves of artwork from ancient Egypt, from intricately decorated coffins to colorful wall paintings. But how were they made? And who was responsible for creating these ...

Mars is starting to look less like a dead world and more like a planet that once had the right pockets for life to take hold. The latest focus is on enormous caverns apparently carved by flowing water ...

Nearly 800,000 years ago, early humans gathered along the shores of a lush lake in what is now northern Israel. Here, they returned again and again, hunting large animals, cooking fish over controlled ...

1. Ancient bodies, ancient lives -- From bones to bodies using social theory -- Conceptualizing the work that bioarchaeologists do -- Bioarchaeology in the U.S. today -- Social bodies and lives, then ...

A rock filled with veins has caught the attention of NASA scientists peering through footage from NASA's Perseverance rover. The rock, which is nicknamed "Chevaya Falls" by the Perseverance team, is ...

New method also detects molecular signs of photosynthesis almost 1 billion years earlier than previously documented; Combining chemistry and AI, pioneering method could revolutionize search for ...

A mudstone sample from Jezero Crater shows textures and minerals that on Earth often form through microbial activity. Scientists caution that nonbiological processes could also explain the features, ...

The Great Oxygenation Event marked a massive transition in life on Earth, when oxygen became plentiful and organisms suddenly had to adapt. Current conditions in Japanese hot springs give clues as to ...