Supporters saw the Mütter’s preserved fetuses, skulls, and “Soap Lady” as a celebration of human difference. New management ...

Natural history museums teach us about our world, but they aren’t telling us the whole story, writes curator Jack Ashby in ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis near the Nile River have uncovered a 3,500-year-old burial site of a ...

A new study has shed light on the rare and enigmatic practice of bed burials in early medieval Europe, revealing a complex ...

Oldest Evidence of Winemaking Discovered at 8,000-Year-Old Village. Contrary to stereotypes, Stone Age people had a taste for finer things.

Jenny Saville is enjoying her first institutional show in the U.K. under the NPG’s new steward, the erudite Victoria Siddell, ...

More than 1,800 years ago, the thousands of pieces formed colorful frescoes that covered the walls of a luxurious villa in ...

How does climate change affect the way humans organize themselves? How has it shaped the course of human evolution? An ...

According to a statement released by The College of William & Mary, recent archaeological work revealed the foundations of ...

A remarkable archaeological find in the heart of London has revealed one of the most extensive collections of Roman frescoes ever found in the city.

Ecological flexibility, not tools or genes, explains why only one migration out of Africa succeeded around 50,000 years ago.

China's first comprehensive museum focusing on archaeology opened to the public on Thursday in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province. The Shaanxi Archaeology Museum was first proposed in 2009. After ...