The great civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica were incredibly active and productive, and new evidence of their industriousness and ambition has been discovered at a well-known archaeological hot spot ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, as shown in the famous Bayeux Tapestry.By reinterpreting ...

The search for Amelia Earhart’s missing airplane has gone on for more than eight decades. Theories abound, but evidence of the legendary aviator’s ultimate fate has been hard to find.

A McGill University researcher has discovered that Guiengola, a 15th century Zapotec site in southern Oaxaca, Mexico that had been thought to be simply a fortress where soldiers were garrisoned, was i ...

In the historically important town of Abarkuh in the Yazd province of central Iran, excavations have revealed something hidden that has stunned archaeologists and made them reconsider what they though ...

In a find that sheds new light on the spiritual practices and belief systems of America’s ancient indigenous inhabitants, a team of researchers has discovered a network of ancient parallel ceremonial ...

Scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Vienna and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have unveiled a unique papyrus from the collections held by the Israel Antiquities Autho ...

Theories about the origins of money, one of the most impactful and transformative inventions in human history, have long sparked debates.

The name "Jesus Christ" is one of the most recognizable on Earth. However, experts now suggest that this might not have been ...

An independent scholar who loves challenging the archaeological establishment has done it again, offering a new and provocative theory about who built the huge, enigmatic human-like monuments that cov ...

People have been debating the existence of the Loch Ness monster since the early part of the 20th century when sightings seemed to become more common.

Recent archaeological investigations at the Domus Aurea, the spectacular palace built by Emperor Nero in the center of ancient Rome, continue to reveal fascinating insights about its construction and ...