The Babylonian map is known as the Imago Mundi and holds the title of the oldest known map in the world as it shows the world ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...

In the world of archaeology, finding ancient maps or drawings can reveal a lot about how early humans thought and lived. A fascinating discovery in a French cave is giving researchers new insights ...

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...

It’s in one of the world’s most populous nations, on Australia’s doorstep and a former centre of global trade. Yet the Maluku Islands now feel untouched.

Now, recent archeological work at the famous tomb of Liu He—better known as the Marquis of Haihun —has yielded what researchers believe are the oldest known steel acupuncture needles.

The new timeline suggests the boomerang is between roughly 39,000 and 42,000 years old, which means it’s 30,000 years older than the earliest known boomerangs made from wood by Indigenous ...

Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million years ago.

A Sm ithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs and were the first vertebrates to evolve powered ...

New research suggests that the geological site harbors the oldest known surviving fragments of Earth’s crust, dating back to 4.16 billion years ago.