Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The team found three circular ditch systems that date to around 6,500 years ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists often ...

Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

A newly studied megalithic tomb in Oman reveals centuries-long Neolithic burial practices, regional mobility, and early ...

Evidence suggests that the settlement was spread across 15 acres. Archaeologists in France have uncovered a preserved settlement while investigating an area ahead of it being turned into a gravel pit.

Archaeological studies of a landscape in eastern Ireland have turned up the greatest number yet of ancient structures that remain rare in that country, and may cast light on the beliefs and burial ...

A neolithic burial chamber in Carnac, France (Mark Cartwright/Creative Commons) (CN) — Early humans experienced a rapid population collapse across large parts of Europe five thousand years ago, the ...

The Neolithic period, considered to be the last part of the Stone Age, may have been a brutal time to be alive for many people in Europe. Archaeological studies have found evidence of massacres ...

A 6,800-year-old skeleton has been unearthed in Germany, belonging to a person who lived as far back as 4800 BC. The remains are thought to belong to an older man from a Neolithic community, who may ...

Neolithic relics, including a clay pot and carved stone pedestal, discovered during excavation at Lakkundi's Kote Veerabhadraswamy Temple.

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of three women in a Neolithic tomb in France, with the positioning of two of the bodies suggesting they may have been ritualistically murdered by asphyxia or ...

The lives of two sisters from the Neolithic period have come under the spotlight, as their remains were unearthed 15 years ago in the Krumlov Forest of South Moravia, Czech Republic. The women were ...