The mass execution of children was seen as not only a way to calm the rain god, but for a time it helped the community deal ...

Pioneer Howard Rosenstein came to Israel with $500 and found a life of adventure, innovation and, oddly, music.

DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...

Stockton University has introduced a new minor in archaeology. Students must choose a focus — general archaeology, classics, ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in ...

Some people in Halifax say they aren't troubled by having have few or no friends, according to a study conducted by Dalhousie and St. Francis Xavier universities.

According to the available evidence, the original Altai Denisovans began to fragment into multiple lineages some time between 409,000 and 222,000 years ago. The oldest of these populations appears to ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

A new course at Yale University is offering students the chance to explore Black intellectual thought and grassroots activism through the works of “Queen Bey.” “In short, this is a class that traces ...

Starting this upcoming spring semester, Yale will offer a class titled “Beyonce Makes History: Black Radical Tradition ...