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

For more than 250 years, scientists only had strange folded teeth to guess what this prehistoric shark was. New fossils from ...

If authentic, these codices would represent one of the most significant archaeological discoveries related to Christianity's formative years. However, their unusual appearance and controversial ...

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself ...

Ancient Chinese astronomers observed a solar eclipse in 709 BCE with remarkable detail. These old records are now helping ...

An unusual new rock collection discovered by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover suggests the Red Planet's ancient past was wet ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting ...

A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...

After theorizing on the fossilized bird’s cause of death, the paleontologists decided on the new species’ name: Chromeornis ...

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines has been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the ...