Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological site located in central China. The excavation project at Xigou, led by the ...

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave ...

Discovered in a Mediterranean shipwreck in 1901, the Antikythera Mechanism stunned historians with its intricate system of interlocking bronze gears dating back to around 100 BC. X-ray imaging later ...

In 2026, as China and Africa mark the “Year of China–Africa People-to-People Exchange,” something special has been happening across Johannesburg—from the city’s bustling transport hubs to university ...

History is often taught as if serious art followed a single European arc—from classical Greek sculpture to Renaissance ...

African sand painting is an ancient art form that has been practiced for centuries. It involves creating intricate designs using colored sands on various surfaces. This traditional craft, however, is ...

Buried deep within a limestone cave in northern Greece, the Petralona skull has stumped scientists for decades. Found embedded in rock and encased in mineral deposits, it doesn’t fit neatly into the ...

Researchers using neutron scanning technology have discovered a hidden reservoir of ancient water locked inside the Martian ...

There seems to be a striking similarity between ancient Greece and modern Britain. Both countries remain paradoxes of history. Greece was a small city state constantly at war with neighbouring ...

West African nations have used the leap in DNA technology as inspiration to build up their tourism infrastructure and attract African Americans to come and learn about their roots.

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how and where continents break apart.