Ashley Cowie

13-year-old Yair Whitson from Haifa made a significant archaeological discovery during a recreational walk with his father.

A woman buried around 12,000 years ago near the upper Tigris River in southwestern Turkey might have been a shaman with a spiritual connection to wild animals, according to a new study.

Ancient Origins Premium is now featuring select episodes of the History Fuzz Podcast hosted by historian, adventurer, author, broadcaster, Ashley

In this episode, I interview Professor Giulio Magli, a leading astrophysicist and archaeoastronomer who heads the Department of Mathematics at the Polytechnic University of Milan.

Our very distant ancestors are often portrayed as nothing more than hunters - toughened survivors in a primitive and crude world.

In this engaging podcast episode, Dr. Robert Barratt, a research scientist at Queen’s University in Belfast, discusses his innovative application of

The great Ancient Chinese thinkers were truly ahead of their time.

In this episode, Dr. Robert Weiner, an archaeologist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, offers a deep dive into the ancient Chacoan road networks in the U.S.

Intentionally modified sheep skulls, gauged by the deliberate deformities, have been uncovered at the ancient mortuary complex in Hierakonpolis, Upper Egypt, dating to about 3,700 BC.

In this episode, Dr. Brian S. Bauer, a Full Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, takes us on a