Researchers at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the U.K., have made the thrilling discovery of a 4,000-year-old handprint on an ancient Egyptian funerary object, in the course of preparing a major ...

Traces of proteins from horse blood were found on ancient pottery, suggesting the animals were present on the island much earlier than previously believed and were consumed as part of ritual practices ...

Archaeologists have analyzed 450 pottery vessels made in Tel Hama, a town located on the edge of the Ebla Kingdom, one of the most important Syrian kingdoms of the Early Bronze Age about 4,500 years ...

A new study of charred residues in prehistoric European pottery has uncovered evidence of elaborate meals combining diverse plants and aquatic foods. Researchers analyzed 58 pottery fragments from 13 ...

New research conducted at Walufeni Cave, an important archaeological site in Papua New Guinea, reveals new evidence of long-distance interactions between Oceania's Indigenous societies, as far back as ...