In south-east Asia, betel nut chewing has been practiced since antiquity. The plants contain compounds that enhance the consumer's alertness, energy, euphoria, and relaxation.

Scientists have introduced a new term for an ancient behavior that may hold the key to understanding humanity's complex relationship with alcohol.

An international team of archaeologists has used cutting-edge high-resolution digital imaging to examine tattoos on a 2,000-year-old ice mummy from Siberia's Pazyryk culture, revealing for the first t ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare, 5,500-year-old Canaanite blade manufacturing workshop near Kiryat Gat in southern Israel, marking the first discovery of its kind in the region.

A groundbreaking discovery at Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, unearthed the 4,400-year-old tomb of Prince Userefre, son of King Userkaf, the first pharaoh of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty.

An exceptionally well-preserved bronze cauldron dating back 1,400 years has been unearthed during archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Pergamon in western Turkey's Bergama district.

After three centuries buried beneath Mexico's dense Lacandon jungle, archaeologists believe they have finally located Sak-Bahlán - the legendary "land of the white jaguar" and last stronghold of the r ...

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery at the Sant'Andrea Priu archaeological complex in Bonorva, Sardinia, unearthing three previously unknown domus de janas that add significantly to our un ...

Natural coastal processes have exposed a remarkable collection of ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs on Oahu's west shore, offering new insights into the island's early Polynesian inhabitants.

Traditionally, Indigenous peoples almost universally viewed thoroughly putrefied, maggot-infested animal foods as highly desirable fare, not starvation rations. In fact, many such peoples routinely ...

Ancient Origins is partnering with GPS Origins® to provide an easy, at-home genetic test to pinpoint your ancestry‐even to the town or city‐with the highest-resolution DNA test available. The places ...