Archaeologists working across Kazakhstan have uncovered a series of discoveries spanning the Bronze Age to the Golden Horde period, providing new insights into prehistoric communities, long-distance trade and the development of the Eurasian steppe.

A new study published in the journal Science has revealed that the world once experienced a remarkable "golden age" of linguistic diversity, with researchers estimating that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago.

Archaeologists from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków have uncovered a forgotten First World War cemetery in the village of Szczawne, southeastern Poland, revealing the remains of around 50 soldiers who died during fighting in the Carpathian campaign of 1914–1915.

Archaeologists studying a pre-Hispanic mural at the ancient Maya city of Calakmul have identified what is believed to be the site's earliest evidence of calendrical writing, a discovery that places the Mexican archaeological centre alongside some of the most significant Late Preclassic Maya cities known for early writing traditions.

The prolonged spell of hot, dry weather across Wales has revealed a remarkable array of buried archaeological sites, with ancient monuments emerging in fields and grasslands as distinctive cropmarks and parchmarks.