The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. Archaeologists recently found the wreck of an ...

Climate change was linked to several of the extreme weather events this year. Devastating wildfires, flooding and extreme heat events took place over the past year, several resulting in mass ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ever sequenced. A mosaic death mask believed to have belonged to the Maya ...

Once again, it has been great year for archeology and historical research. Groundbreaking discoveries were made all over the globe, from Egypt’s Valley of the Kings and the ruins of Pompeii to the ...

Many fascinating discoveries and new insights into the curiosities of the ancient world have been unearthed throughout 2025. Archaeological findings over the last 12 months have helped push back the ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient world. Alamy Chronicle's illustration of "Joshua at Jericho." Jericho's ...