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

The recent discovery of the moai’s true builders comes not long after scientists from Binghamton University and the ...

Archaeologists filming "Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders" uncovered a 2,000-year-old murder mystery in Dorset, finding a ...

State archaeologists and geologists are working together to solve a more than 10,000-year-old mystery at the Piney Grove archaeological site near Reisterstown, building on discoveries first made in ...

A new study has revealed more about the ancestral origins of the ancient practice, which involves mounting coffins on cliffs.

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Growing up in the Northwest in the 20th century, if you had any interest in local history, you probably heard about the mystery of the “Beeswax Ship.” You might have read about it in a book from your ...

A mystery artifact was recently excavated from The Paul Revere House property located on the Freedom Trail, Boston Archaeology announced on Tuesday. The city of Boston’s Archaeology department shared ...

The identities of a pharaoh and a nonroyal person in an "impossible" statue may have finally been deciphered. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Researchers have conducted a census of the Japanese population around 2,500 years ago using the Y chromosomes of men living on the main islands of modern-day Japan. This is the first time analysis of ...