Only from the air did it reveal what it really was.

Underwater archaeologists from Nicolaus Copernicus University have recovered four exceptionally well-preserved medieval spears from Lake Lednica in western Poland, including one ornately decorated ...

In a remarkable intersection of modern engineering and historical preservation, construction workers in Varberg, Sweden, ...

Once placed in tombs to serve the dead in the afterlife, Egyptian shabtis are getting a new kind of immortality, thanks to ...

In a research facility in Manila, microscopic grooves on ancient stone tools are challenging one of archaeology’s ...

A mong the hilly forests of southern China, scientists have discovered the largest modern meteorite impact crater on Earth.

Many people in the English-speaking world would have learned in school that there are seven continents: Asia, Africa, North ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, ...

Researchers have rediscovered a long-lost Babylonian hymn from 1000 BCE, using artificial intelligence to piece together ...

First discovered in the 1920s, Sanxingdui has yielded a wealth of discoveries over nearly a century of archaeological research. Among its most remarkable findings are those from the eight "sacrificial ...

Archaeologists uncover the secret behind Peru’s mysterious 'Band of Holes,' revealing an ancient Indigenous system of ...

In Peru’s mysterious Pisco Valley, thousands of perfectly aligned holes known as Monte Sierpe have long puzzled scientists.