Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can unravel with startling speed, but a growing body of evidence suggests at least one ancient culture reached a level of sophistication that ...

New archaeological evidence suggests that ancient inhabitants of the Philippines and Island Southeast Asia had the advanced plant-working technology needed for sophisticated boat building and open-sea ...

Explore 25 ancient artifacts that prove the past was more advanced. Uncover lost technologies like the Antikythera Mechanism ...

An obscure ancient Egyptian text discovered in the 19th century led to discoveries that rewrote the timeline of early medical ...

Ancient Native Americans probably used makeshift “transport technology” to drag their possessions from place to place more than 20,000 years ago, a new study finds — and the evidence of the technology ...