The 500-year-old clue got them started, but archaeologists needed more modern georadar techniques to finish the job.

French researchers believe they found the remains of famed French Renaissance poet Joachim du Bellay, who died in 1560. The ...

In 1931, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old remains of a child, among other individuals, in Skhūl Cave on ...

A tomb beneath Petra’s Treasury reveals 12 skeletons and 2,000-year-old artifacts. Archaeologists call it a rare find, ...

The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part ...

A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...

The Roman Empire built 73 miles of wall to fortify its northern border in Great Britain. In AD 122, the Emperor Hadrian ...

Pirates attacked the Portuguese warship, named the "Nossa Senhora do Cabo," and made off with many of the treasures the ship ...

If you have ever thought your piece of Douglas County property had an interesting historical story to tell, there’s now a ...

British archaeologists recently helped uncover multistory buildings from the ancient Egyptian city Imet in the Nile Delta, ...

Te K’ab Chaak was the first dynastic leader of the Maya region of Caracol. Even after the king died, his dynasty last another ...

The remains of 3,500-year-old rice were recently found in Guam — making it the earliest known evidence of rice in Remote Oceania.