Tree rings from ancient Gordion reveal when the Phrygian capital was built and rapidly rebuilt after a major fire around 800 B.C.

New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of the New Kingdom by decades. By combining cutting edge radiocarbon analysis ...

Fixing the timeline of human history has been one of archeology’s most exciting — and frustrating — endeavors. In part, that’s because scientists have limited fossil evidence to help them put a pin on ...

Archaeologists are uncovering toolkits and watercraft that do not sit neatly inside the familiar story of slow, linear progress from scattered foragers to settled farmers. Instead, these finds hint at ...