At a lecture in National Museum, Prof Abhijit Dandekar described how Maharashtra's ruling families, from Satavahanas to Maharathis and Mahabhojas, funded cave construction.

New methods extracted ancient DNA from sediments in Siberia’s Denisova Cave, revealing both Neanderthal and Denisovan presence. Alongside the DNA, archaeologists uncovered Paleolithic jewelry, ...

A trip to the island nation in the Indian Ocean also included monkey encounters and visits to three UNESCO World Heritage ...

A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted to periods, and how the ...

Archaeologists have revealed new insights into how the world's first farming villagers formed communities, moved across the ...

The familial statue mixed together different styles of craftsmanship in a way never before seen in ancient Egyptian culture.

A fragment of ancient reptile skin discovered in an Oklahoma cave is changing what scientists know about early life on land. Dated to nearly 300 million years ago, this fossilized skin is now ...

The excavation of an ancient burial in northern Latvia dating back over 5,000 years challenges long-held assumptions about the roles of women and children in Stone Age societies. Analysis of remains ...

New findings highlight the pioneering role of human groups who lived in the interior of northern Arabia shortly after the ...

Stone Age tools discovered at a burial site reveal that those ancient communities valued more than men who hunted - they ...