In the coastal desert of Peru, a line of crumbling stone towers rises from the sand, framing the horizon with an almost ...

Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

Seven remarkably preserved footprints in an ancient lakebed represent the oldest evidence of human presence in the Middle ...

Found near the Sea of Galilee, a figurine depicting a crouching woman and a goose is now hailed as the earliest known representation of human-animal interaction. This incredible find pushes back the ...

Each year, only about one out of every four hikers who set out to complete the Appalachian Trail reaches that goal. A thru-hike means traversing nearly 2,200 miles, across 14 states, in a single ...

A team of independent researchers is claiming to have found Atlantis. The research centers around stone structures on Spain's Salmedina Island, off Chipiona in the Gulf of Cádiz, west of the Strait of ...

Researchers propose Aguada Fénix’s vast architecture forms a cosmogram aligning structures with Mesoamerican calendar sunrises and directions today. Color-coded pigment caches and marine shells in ...

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