Whether intentional or not, the way mega-settlements in southeastern Europe from 6,000 years ago were laid out would have cut ...

China on Friday unveiled three important archaeological discoveries of ruins from both the prehistoric age and the Xia ...

Why abandon and dense and robust town? For early civilization the answer might lie in city planning — and disease.

Archaeologists uncover a 5,000-year-old stone-paved cellar on the Danish island of Falster, shedding light on early farming ...

A major archaeological discovery has been made at West Deeping quarry in Lincolnshire. Evidence of human settlements and ...

An archaeological dig of a quarry in Lincolnshire has uncovered evidence of settlements and agriculture spanning 6,000 years. Excavations of the West Deeping quarry revealed a Roman settlement as well ...

The sunken space may represent a one-of-a-kind structure with massive implications for how people stored food at the time.

Archaeologists in Poland uncover a 6,000-year-old Neolithic longhouse, revealing insights into the Linear Pottery culture and ...

Early H. sapiens could finally stay in one place because they cultivated their own food through agriculture and domesticating animals. The Neolithic period, which is also called the New Stone Age, is ...

The site, known as Nygårdsvej 3, was discovered during construction activities related to the electrification of a railway ...

Railroad construction through a farm on the Danish island of Falster has revealed a 5,000-year-old Neolithic site hiding an ...

An excavation of a Neolithic dwelling on an island in Denmark surprisingly revealed a paved cellar. The new find upends what was previously the standard belief about the era’s construction and ...