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

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

A newly detected underground feature at the Ness of Brodgar has surprised archaeologists, revealing a mysterious anomaly that could ...

A long-standing mystery surrounding the Mayan civilization's collapse has been solved. Scientists now believe a ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists ...

Mystery behind 2,400-year-old Danish canoe that carried 80 warriors finally unravelled - Boat found to have been waterproofed ...

Once lost, these seven cities were found after years of mystery. Their rediscovery tells us more about our past and the civilisations that thrived centuries ago.

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

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

Archeologists say they have finally cracked the 6,000-year-old mystery of Armenia’s “dragon stones" – massive carved ...

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