A new study led by a University of Nottingham historian offers a comprehensive examination of apprenticeship in artisanal ...

Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

Archaeologists finished excavating the most complete part ever discovered of the foundations of the walls, which surrounded ...

The remains of a 3,000-year-old village were recently discovered in a clay quarry called Must Farm in eastern England. The wooden houses were destroyed by fire, and the charred timbers gradually sank ...

A Roman mosaic found in Britain has revealed a version of the Trojan War that was previously lost to history. According to ...

Archaeologists have verified the existence of the largest prehistoric structure in Britain. The enormous prehistoric pits were discovered at Durrington Walls, located within the Stonehenge World ...

Tens of thousands of men were wounded or died at the Battle of Waterloo, but, remarkably, the remains of this lone solider are the only ones to have been found near one of the battle’s main staging ...

Archaeology is the study of the artefacts and other physical evidence left by past societies of humans and closely related species. It uses scientific analysis of field samples to inform historical ...

Archaeological excavations at the heart of London's political power have revealed remarkable prehistoric tools, medieval treasures, and architectural remains spanning six millennia beneath the Palace ...

Archaeologists have a group of unlikely allies: trees. Dendrochronology, the scientific method of studying tree rings, can pinpoint the age of archaeological sites using information stored inside old ...