Ruzairy Arbi of Malaysia’s National Heritage Department said that the ship was discovered during an excavation conducted by his department and the Melaka Museum Authority. Initial study suggests that ...

The International Space Station is one of the most remarkable achievements of the modern age. It is the largest, most complex ...

The seal is thought to be from the same time period when Assyria conquered Judah and made it a vassal state required to pay the Assyrian king.

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030 its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it remains an open question as to whether its successes matched humanity's ...

Archaeologists recently found a massive stone basin in Italy dating back more than 2,000 years — remnants of a once-powerful ...

How do you move a 3,000-year-old temple? This documentary tells the extraordinary story of how Abu Simbel and other Egyptian monuments were cut into pieces and relocated to escape the rising waters of ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in human history, including writing, urbanism and the state. Among these ...

Quinhagak, a small community near the Kuskokwim Bay of the Bering Sea, was largely spared from the most severe damage.

After losing a calf to a black vulture a decade ago, Tom Karr, who raises cattle near Pomeroy, Ohio, tried to move his fall calving season later in the year in hopes the vultures would be gone by then ...

Archaeology is about connection. People can be brought together over the past or even connect directly to that past.

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A fragment of a mask that was preserved for hundreds of years in permafrost sat in the muck of a low ...