The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a ...

The 79 human skeletons from the 7th century BC will be visible to the public through a specially designed museum shell – The ...

The camps, all located in Germany between the northern Harz Mountains and the Elbe River, were dated to the 3rd Century C.E.

Both Egypt and China have such long histories; their ancient cultures are often compared. For example, China's Shang Dynasty ...

Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...

Amelia Earhart's disappearance on July 2, 1937, remains one of history's greatest unsolved puzzles, getting the attention of ...

Including an oracle bone bearing an inscription related to King Wen of Zhou, several new discoveries made at the Zhouyuan ...

A love note, a gladiatorial combat scene, a barrage of insults and everyday confessions have emerged on a wall in Pompeii, ...

From the storied shores of Scandinavia to the ancient cities of the Mediterranean, we've picked out Europe's 29 most ...

My quest for the ark of the covenant was abruptly disrupted at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. Three hours into our flight to Israel and several hundred miles south of Greenland, the pilot ...

From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into biblical stories. The shrine that houses the traditional burial place of ...

Construction on a $9 million project to replace water mains running through the heart of the French Quarter came to a halt in early November after archaeologists monitoring the project discovered more ...