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'Political motivations' of Inca emperor led to the sacrifice of 3 children on a snow-capped volcano over 500 years ago, study suggestsAn analysis of corn, cassava and coca plants discovered with sacrificed Inca children reveals they died during the reign of one of the last Inca emperors.
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Complete skin of an adult horse found with 10th-century woman and newborn in rare Siberian burialArchaeologists found a rare medieval burial of a woman, newborn child and horse in southern Russia.
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2,000 years ago in Scotland, people removed a corpse's brain and fashioned the arm bones into toolsA new analysis of 2,000-year-old skeletons found in northern Scotland has revealed an unusual funeral ritual involving the manipulation of dead bodies.
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Ditch full of 7,000-year-old headless human skeletons discovered in Slovakia, baffling archaeologistsArchaeologists are unsure why people in Stone Age Slovakia removed corpses' heads before burying them in a neighborhood ditch.
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Thanks to natural selection, Indigenous Andeans may digest potatoes better than anyone else in the world, study findsAfter domesticating potatoes 10,000 years ago, the ancient people of the Andes evolved to have more copies of a key gene involved in digesting starch.
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Roman bath clog: The world's oldest shower shoes were found at a fort along Hadrian's WallAstonishing Artifacts The Romans were the first to wear clog-style footwear to the baths to protect their feet from the hot floor and to better navigate slippery surfaces.
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Italian teenagers discover 1,800-year-old Roman luxury house underneath their high school gymAfter being notified by mischievous high school students, archaeologists uncovered a large and luxurious second-century Roman house near the Colosseum.
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First shipwrecks linked to real pirates of the Caribbean found in BahamasIn a first, underwater archaeologists in the Bahamas have discovered three shipwrecks associated with the Golden Age of Piracy off the coast of Nassau.
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Archaeologists study the International Space Station and Everest to figure out 'how humans adapt in this impossible place where we have no business going'Interview Archaeologists are turning their attention and research skills to far-flung places on the Earth and beyond, discovering new information about how humans survive in extreme environments.
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