Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

A massive Valley Temple linked to King Niuserre’s sun complex offers an insight into Fifth Dynasty worship at Abusir, Egypt ...

Archaeologists reveal hidden ancient sites across Greece’s Cyclades islands, uncovering long-lost rural landscapes.

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

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

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and ...

Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.