A 7,000-year-old mass grave was long attributed to a massacre, but the truth was far stranger.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A vast Neolithic structure that could date back to more than 5,000 ...

The theme for an exhibition that opened on June 4, 2026, at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Science (Mülkiye), World’s First City Plan/Map, as ...

After finding sporadic human remains in early digs, the team found the remains of at least 78 individuals at the entrance to ...

Researchers discovered 614 stone plaques and fragments at Vasagård West, an archaeological site on the Danish island of Bornholm. National Museum of Denmark Over the years, a variety of mysterious ...

In advance of the construction of the SuedOstLink high-voltage direct current transmission line, archaeological investigations were carried out in the Salzland district by the State Office for ...

Research published in the Internet Archaeology Journal found that the pits are man-made and were constructed during the late Neolithic period, making them over 4,000 years old. A circle of massive ...

To many, ancient Egypt is synonymous with the pharaohs and pyramids of the Dynastic period starting about 3,100BC. Yet long before that, about 9,300-4,000BC, enigmatic Neolithic peoples flourished.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A 6,800-year-old skeleton has been unearthed in Germany, belonging to a ...

About 100 volunteers worked on the project which is now open to visitors.

The Neolithic Revolution involved the advent of agriculture, which finally allowed people to settle down in ever-larger groups and focus on things other than procuring calories—things like developing ...