Scientists have long believed that a universal genetic code serves as a blueprint for all life on Earth, dictating the structure and function of organisms from the simplest bacteria to complex humans.
Four and a half millennia after Khufu’s builders sealed the Great Pyramid, scientists have slipped a tiny camera through its ...
Hidden beneath the sands of Egypt's Giza Plateau, three precisely engineered shafts have been rediscovered that may unlock access to a vast underground network whispered about by ancient Greek ...
A National Geographic Explorer's search for Cleopatra's tomb got a big breakthrough. Kathleen Martínez has spent the last 20 years searching for the lost tomb of Cleopatra. Her work is part of a new ...
Archaeologists say they have discovered the ruins of what they believe are the boundaries of an ancient temple belonging to the mysterious Andean society of Tiwanaku that disappeared around AD 1000.
A remarkable Bronze Age discovery near Dereham in Norfolk, UK has left archaeologists buzzing with excitement about three rare lead ingots found alongside broken bronze tools. The hoard, unearthed by ...