Genetic studies point to female-centered living arrangements in Neolithic Çatalhöyük. Yet, power may not have rested solely ...

Ditch steel, glass, and reinforced concrete 6,000 years ago, Neolithic engineers in southern Spain were already accomplishing ...

A batch of cultural and community activities are set to be held at the Taosi National Archaeological Site Park that was just ...

Neolithic cemeteries in China reveal matrilineal societies, challenging traditional assumptions about early human societies.

A new study suggests that a 9,000-year-old society in Catalhoyuk, a proto-city in southern Anatolia, may have established a ...

With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism — and there are far more of them than you might imagine.

Three Bronze Age cremations have been discovered underneath a popular playing field, as volunteer archaeologists resume ...

Further evidence has emerged that 8,000 years ago, women had at least as much status in society as men, at least in one of the few settlements from the time.

New Irish-led research casts doubts over suggestions that an incestuous social elite ruled over the ancient people of Ireland ...

From Vedic hymns to stone observatories, how ancient India mapped the cosmos, decoded time, and laid the foundations of modern astronomical thought ...

DNA from Stone Age burials in ancient Anatolia reveals the earliest known female-centered society in a farming community.

Reports of Neolithic Irish god-kings, descended through an incest-practicing social elite, are lacking in evidence, say a ...