The Minoans of Bronze Age Crete were unique in the Mediterranean for their rituals, including those pertaining to the snake ...

Archaeologists in Taiwan unearthed a snake-shaped artifact likely used in ancient religious rituals. The serpentine object, which dates back some 4,000 years, was discovered last year in Taoyuan City, ...

What might be passed over as two oddly shaped rocks are the work of Stone Age artisans who sculpted the rocks into beady-eyed snake heads, archaeologists have found. It's a mystery why these ancient ...

Analyzing coprolites—the preserved poop of people—is dirty, stinky work. But every once in a while, it reveals something truly surprising. In the case of a new paper in the Journal of Archaeological ...

A 4,000-year-old snake-shaped artifact was recently discovered in Taiwan, archaeologists said. Photo from the National Tsing Hua University's archaeology page Archaeologists in Taiwan unearthed a ...