Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Archaeologists uncovered 11,000-year-old pottery in Mongolia, pushing back the timeline of human innovation by nearly 2,000 ...

Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered ancient Mayan pottery in a cave system a little more than 10 miles away from downtown Playa de Carmen.

Credit: Arbyreed / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 A UMass Amherst graduate student may have accidentally created a mysterious liquid that defies scientific laws – and seems strangely devoted to the shape of ancient ...

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers including scholars from Brown University have unearthed a buried ...

Ancient beliefs, behaviors and norms – what archaeologists call culture – were fundamentally integrated into technological solutions in this part of Peru in ancient times. Isolating and ...

Reviving an ancient tradition, pottery artisans meticulously recreate timeless techniques that have been passed down through generations. From shaping clay by hand to mastering the intricate ...

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of an ancient biblical battle, all thanks to a few broken fragments found in a curious location. The artifacts, which mostly consist of Egyptian ...

Examine how race, indigeneity and migration have been central to the development of modern nations, economies and cultures through different epochs in United States history.

The exhibit explores the history of Frankoma Pottery, from its founding in Norman to its rise ... Lazybones, Plainsman, Mayan Aztec and the iconic Wagon Wheels. "It's really what put Frankoma on the ...