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Asante spider: A rare African sword ornament from Ghana's Gold Coast that later helped a man in Texas barter for his lifeAstonishing Artifacts The spider-shaped sword ornament was created in Ghana in the 19th century and was passed down in a Texas family for generations.
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'More advanced' farming women married hunter-gatherer men in Europe thousands of years ago, ancient DNA revealsTwo researchers discuss how ancient DNA is used to track how people moved and lived during Britain's Bronze Age.
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'Cikai Korran came here and saw': Visitors from India graffitied dozens of Egyptian tombs 2,000 years agoAncient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
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Ancient 'alien-like' skulls have been found on every continent but Antarctica. Anthropologists are starting to figure out why.Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why.
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The sword in the sea: How one lucky graduate student found his second Crusader sword while taking a swim off Israel's coastA 12th-century sword spotted jutting out of the seabed in Israel was designed for one-handed combat during the Crusades.
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9 ways people have modified their bodies since the dawn of time, from foot binding to castrationMany types of body modification date back hundreds or thousands of years, revealing our ancient ancestors were not that different from us.
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Climate disasters caused societal upheaval 3,000 years ago in China, study of 'oracle bones' hintsSome civilizations in inland China underwent dramatic changes and population drops 3,000 years ago. Now, researchers are using oracle bones, archaeological evidence and climate modeling to find out why.
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Stone Age woman was buried like a man, revealing flexible gender roles 7,000 years ago in HungaryA study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — but sometimes those roles were fluid.
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Gold coin discovered by a metal detectorist in the UK may have been dropped by a Viking invader from the Great Heathen ArmyA gold coin featuring the son of Charlemagne may have been a keepsake from a Viking invader who fought in the Great Heathen Army.
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