Archaeologists must have one of the coolest jobs ever—as long as a lifetime of digging around in the dirt yields some epic results, like priceless artifacts, treasure-filled tombs, or groundbreaking ...

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 ...

The mysterious alignments of standing stones scattered across Brittany in France have intrigued archaeologists and tourists alike for centuries. Now, fresh discoveries at the Le Plasker site near ...

Recent archaeological discoveries have challenged our understanding of ancient history, revealing structures that predate modern humans. These findings, unearthed by teams of dedicated archaeologists, ...

Just below the Mediterranean’s surface, in Alexandria’s harbor, lie the ruins of a mysterious ancient monument. For more than 20 years, French explorer Franck Goddio has been hoping to confirm these ...

Archaeologists discovered a small, clay tablet covered in cuneiform in the ancient ruins of Alalah, a major Bronze Age-era city located in present-day Turkey. Researchers have deciphered parts of the ...

The 1,900-year-old grave marker of a Roman sailor named Sextus Congenius Verus had been missing from an Italian museum for ...

The UWA team’s latest research, with Dr Matthew Dalton as lead author, used satellite imagery analysis, aerial photography, ...

For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on the menu. Whether or not this mysterious form of life still exists or went ...

Scientists suggest it may be the remains of a prehistoric hominin that walked alongside Neanderthals hundreds of thousands of years ago. reading time 3 minutes In 1960, a villager found something ...