Learn how galactic archaeology uses chemical clues to uncover how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years.

A team of astronomers led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian have for the first time used galactic ...

A team of astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian has pioneered a new field called extragalactic archaeology. According to the new study published in the ...

The F.J. King sank in 1886, and decades of active searching yielded no results—until now.

Spiral galaxy NGC 1365 is located about 56 million light-years from us. It is a pretty special galaxy, with two beautiful ...

A 6,000-year-old trackway that dates back to the early Neolithic period has been discovered by archaeologists. The Somerset ...

It’s not just for ChatGPT. Archaeologists have increasingly been finding new ways to deploy artificial intelligence in their search for buried truths—especially in terrain inhospitable to human ...

A prehistoric mass grave in Serbia reveals that more than 77 people—mostly women and children—were deliberately killed in a brutal act of violence about 2,800 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests the ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about ...

The Colin G. and Nancy N. Campbell Archaeology Center at Colonial Williamsburg will open to the public on April 25.

A new study has challenged the long-held belief that democratic governance was exclusively born in the classical Mediterranean world of Greece and Rome. By analyzing archaeological and historical ...