The elongated skull was likely caused by a genetic condition, but it evidently didn’t get in the way of the individual’s ...

The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

The project includes the UNESCO heritage site Göbeklitepe – "Potbelly Hill" in Turkish – which is home to the oldest known ...

A previously unknown medieval castle has emerged from the Swiss landscape after a researcher studying high-resolution terrain maps identified telltale features of an early fortification near ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

Some of the ancient buildings, located along China’s mountaintop rivers, dated back to as far as 2800 B.C.E., with others ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the last 50 years – from secret Maya pyramids and fascinating fossils to ...

While you may believe that it's hard to learn anything new about a structure that has been around for thousands of years, ...

Archaeologists discovered the remains of a 5,500-year-old wildcat, placing the species on Irish soil almost 4,000 years ...

It’s not just a display of the scrolls, which of course in and of themselves would be powerful,” but other “wow objects” ...

A remarkable archaeological find in the heart of London has revealed one of the most extensive collections of Roman frescoes ever found in the city. A remarkable archaeological discovery in the heart ...

An “extraordinary discovery” has been made at one of Orkney’s most stunning Neolithic sites, which could completely rewrite ...