A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

Humans are pretty monogamous, all things considered. That’s not a judgment call – it’s the conclusion of a new study from a ...

The elongated skull was likely caused by a genetic condition, but it evidently didn’t get in the way of the individual’s ...

When weird fungal epidemics crop up in far-flung places, scientists work together to unravel how the microscopic murderers ...

The discovery of a peculiarly shaped skull by archaeologists has illuminated a previously unknown ritual deformation process.

If the map of de la Cosa really was created later than 1500, perhaps the true earliest map of “America” is Martin Waldseemüller's world map. Created in 1507, it is the first map to depict the Western ...

Two 7,000-year-old mummies found in Libya reveal an isolated North African lineage and rewrite the genetic history of the ...

A newspaper reporter heads to the Louisiana swamps to investigate several strange murders in 1940. It is 1940, and ace newspaper reporter Margo Mason heads to the Louisiana swamps to investigate a ...

Archaeology isn’t just about dusty ruins and ancient pottery—it’s full of bizarre discoveries that challenge what we think we know about the past. From mysterious artifacts to unusual burial practices ...

The Romanian artist Andra Ursuța’s new show at David Zwirner gallery, “Retina Turner,” consists of 16 large ovoid slabs of cast glass — her Private Dancers. Each encases a spectral, half-formed figure ...

ADDISON, Vt. — (AP) — Celine Thouin learned a lot as a student at Franklin Pierce University, and one of the skills she has held onto the longest is how to use an ancient spear-throwing tool. She got ...

Read full article: Detroit police want help finding missing 17-year-old boy Police are seeking information about a 13-year-old girl who went missing in Detroit. ADDISON, Vt. – Celine Thouin learned a ...