Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite member of their society: They wrapped ...

The Mongol Empire was led by Genghis Khan, a conqueror who united the Mongolian tribes across Asia. Khan established a large, ...

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, ...

A few months later, hunters returned to ambush another horse family. This unusually detailed reconstruction of an ancient communal hunt and its aftermath comes from a new analysis of an ...

Against the ancient backdrop of Rome’s Colosseum, thousands gathered Friday evening for the solemn Via Crucis procession, where Cardinal Baldassare Reina carried the cross on behalf of Pope ...

The felling of a 500-year-old ancient oak in north London has led to an outpouring of anger, echoing the reaction when the Sycamore Gap tree is alleged to have been chopped down in September 2023.

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 ...

Samson does not appear in any extra-Biblical source from ancient times. Therefore, scholars debate his existence. However, it is notable that a seal was found in ancient Israel which appears to depict ...

Recently, archaeologists found that ancient cave paintings in oceania are deteriorating with accelerating climate changes. And just this year, a study on cultural heritage building materials in Europe ...

Although not central, it’s mentioned a number of times throughout the Bible, and it has been ruled by an incredibly huge variety of ancient and modern kingdoms ... much like we would refer to ...

Ancient beliefs, behaviors and norms – what archaeologists call culture – were fundamentally integrated into technological solutions in this part of Peru in ancient times. Isolating and ...

The effort to resurrect dire wolves started at Colossal with DNA recovery from two ancient remains, which included a tooth from 13,000 years ago and a skull dating back 72,000 years. Research teams ...