Archaeologists recently uncovered the likely remains of Lancaster County's oldest colonial tavern from 1725, revealing ...

In just six months, researchers used artificial intelligence to double the number of known geoglyphs in southern Peru’s ...

In the most dramatic study to date: researchers reopened a case where Norwegian authorities seized 30 Punic bronze coins from a thief who attempted to sell them underhandedly to highlight the recent ...

While filming the first episode of her show “Hidden Wonders”, TV personality Sandi Toksvig and Bournemouth University ...

Centuries ago, the Nile River split into two and inadvertently created an island—fulfilling a piece of ancient Egyptian mythology.

Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and it's providing historians with new ways of ...

Hundreds of coins that depict Cleopatra VII have been discovered in an Egyptian temple. The archaeologist who led the team ...

Recent advances in East African archaeology reveal advanced civilizations that established international trade relationships and developed powerful and practical technologies during the most recent 11 ...

Hecatomnus’ tomb, Milas, Turkey Marble statues from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the massive tomb built for Mausolus, governor of the southwestern Anatolian province ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

Archaeologists from the University of Glasgow and the National Trust for Scotland have recovered more than 100 projectiles, ...

The ‘witch hat’-wearing mummies have long caused debate among historians. Could they suggest Europeans reached Asia earlier than we thought?