After eight years of research, experts have unearthed 18 structures so far, including residential homes and ceremonial temples. Experts believe the city—since named Peñico—was once a thriving urban ...

Bread has been around for thousands of years. Some of the oldest date back 14,000 years. These breads, in particular, are the oldest known recipes in human history.

Cakes have come a long way in human history. Especially when you consider that the classic dessert has evolved over thousands ...

The oldest cities in the world hold unusual and interesting stories of human civilization, culture, and survival, passed down ...

The find recontextualizes the role Neanderthals played in evolution. Archaeologists working in Europe have found the oldest-known bone spear in Europe, dating back to the Neanderthal age between ...

The bodies appeared to have been artificially mummified by “smoke-drying” over fire Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...

The burial was discovered in the remains of a building in an ancient fishing town. Peru Ministry of Culture Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite ...

Archaeologists excavating some 4,000-year-old ruins in Peru found a circular altar used for ceremonial burns, officials said and photos show. Photo from Peru’s Ministry of Culture At the base of an ...