Archaeology & Paleontology

BEIJING — Chinese archaeologists believe they have found a nearly 1,800-year-old tomb belonging to the legendary ruler Cao Cao, who was known as a cruel tyrant but also a cunning military strategist and poet.

SYDNEY: The ancient Earth experienced bouts of cataclysmic volcanism that buried much of its surface in up to 15 kilometres of lava, says a new study.

Alberta researchers have almost cracked the mystery of what kind of dinosaur built the 77-million-year-old fossilized nest found in Montana near the Alberta border in the 1990s.

Tyrannosaurus rex was not only the most fearsome of all carnivorous dinosaurs, but also boasted the keenest sense of smell. The discovery that it had such a good nose suggests strongly that T. rex stalked and hunted its prey and was not solely a s...

The last of the woolly mammoths to roam the Earth had North American ancestry, according to a study released Thursday by researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton.

Scientists uncover skeletons thought to be as old as 10,000 years, when monsoon rains created a 'green Sahara.'

The remains of a London theatre where William Shakespeare's early plays including "Romeo And Juliet" were first performed have been discovered by archaeologists, a museum said Wednesday.

POMPEII, Italy (Reuters) - Nearly 2,000 years after it was buried and preserved under a volcanic eruption, the ancient Roman town of Pompeii is being steadily worn away by modern woes.

Swedish researchers have uncovered a stand of spruce trees with an 8,000-year-old tree root system in Dalarna, making it among the oldest in the world. “This gives us a completely different picture of how spruce first came to Sweden after the last...

BEIJING - An almost complete human skull dating back 80,000 to 100,000 years has been unearthed in central China, state media reported Wednesday. The skull, consisting of 16 pieces, was dug up last month after two years of excavation at a site in ...