Not every notable discovery consists of a single extraordinary artifact, a previously unknown structure, or a newly revised date for an ancient technology. Some of the most significant discoveries ...

Roughly 14 miles from the ancient city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily, more than 4,000 tombs were carefully cut into the walls of a limestone gorge. The tombs make up the Necropolis of Pantalica, ...

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Neolithic engravings may push Chinese writing back 7,000 years Feng Shi confirmed that inscriptions on ceramic stands from Liulinxi are the earliest known Chinese characters, appearing in groups ...

Little Nightmares 3 is filled with secrets. Within the Necropolis, the first level of Low and Alone's journey, you can uncover five hidden dolls. Finding all five unlocks the Toybox Trophy/Achievement ...

Little Nightmares 3 has released a short demo ahead of its launch on October 10, which will be the first hands-on look we've got at the new setting: The Nowhere. More specifically, the demo whisks you ...

Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The team found three circular ditch systems that date to around 6,500 years ...

A local Neolithic community in northeastern France may have clashed with foreign invaders, cutting off limbs as war trophies and otherwise brutalizing their prisoners of war, according to a new paper ...

The transition to agriculture in Europe involved the coexistence of hunter-gatherers and early farmers migrating from Anatolia. To better understand their dynamics of interaction, a team from the ...

(CN) — Cannibalism, whether to stave off death by starvation or within the confines of ritual ceremony, is regarded as one of the most extreme human practices. And there are still many questions as to ...