Archaeology

Scientists believe footprints that were accidentally found on a Moroccan beach were made by five modern humans 90,000 years ago. 

An American company believes it's found the wreckage of Earhart's plane, which went missing in the Pacific Ocean in 1937.

Construction workers have discovered Indigenous remains at what is suspected to be a burial site in Warrnambool.

The settlements were occupied around 500 BC and 300 to 600 AD — a period roughly contemporaneous with the Roman Empire in Europe.

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Have you ever wondered what the hook used to pull a brain through the nostrils of a person being mummified looks like? Or an actual mummified body, itself? Now's your chance to see both those things — and over 200 other ancient Egyptian artefacts, right here in Australia.

The rules meant to protect Australia's natural history can be tricky to comprehend. Here's what you should do if you ever come across a fossil or an artefact.

Australian maritime scientists say "two significant discoveries" provide more evidence that a shipwreck off the US coast is Captain Cook's Endeavour.

Vultures are found everywhere in the world today, except Australia and Antarctica. But that hasn't always been the case.

Construction of a multi-billion-dollar estate in South Australia is also the site of one of state's most significant Indigenous burial grounds.

Tens of thousands of ancient coins recovered from the seabed off Sardinia were only found when a diver saw something metallic out of the corner of their eye.

Thermal baths, working class neighbourhoods and a headless statue are some gems archaeologists have uncovered in Rabat as excavation work continues.

Some of the submerged land in the Tiwi Islands may contain burial grounds from tens of thousands of years ago. 

Record low water levels along a section of the Amazon River uncover human faces sculptured into stone up to 2,000 years ago.

The latest find follows the recovery of 14 ancient Ukrainian weaponry, allegedly stolen by a Russian man stopped at a US airport.

Researchers from the WA Museum Boola Bardip are hoping to recover between four and five skeletons of the Diprotodon from a remote mine site in the Pilbara.

The dry expanses of south-eastern Türkiye, home to some of humanity's most ancient sites, have yielded fresh discoveries in the form of a stone phallus and a coloured boar.

A species of prehistoric crocodile that once roamed the now arid landscape of central Australia has been named.

Researchers say a newly named species of prehistoric crocodile that once roamed central Australia "would've eaten whatever it wanted".

Associate Professor Mike Morley is a geoarchaeologist and talks about why this early stone age wooden artefact is a significant discovery and what it reveals about early civilisations.

Archaeologists say they have unearthed the oldest wooden structure ever discovered, near Zambia's Kalambo Falls.

Several ancient artefacts, including a 2,500-year-old vase, housed in the Australian National University's Classics Museum are found to have been stolen from Italy and will be repatriated.

Elliott Doughty unearthed the 30-centimetre long mortar shell while working on a home renovation project.

Scientists say teeth from the species have been found at a 25-million-year-old fossil bed south of Alice Springs. It is the first-ever record of koalas living in the Northern Territory.

A discovery of fossil teeth has led researchers to conclude that an ancient relative of the Koala existed in the Northern Territory millions of years ago.