Archaeologists recently found the lost ruins of a ceremonial temple—covered in sand and 4,000 to 5,000 years old—in ...

These days, we would call them proprietary blends. But in the late 1500s and early 1600s, individual alchemists called the ...

The Hjortspring boat carried warriors on an attempted attack of a Danish island over 2,000 years ago. Archaeologists have new ...

The Vatican released Pope Leo's apostolic letter "on the importance of archaeology," Dec. 11, "on the occasion of the ...

A pair of woolly mammoth vertebrae in Alaska have been dated to around 2,000 years old, making them by far the most recent ...

Over 2,100 ancient jars can be found scattered through the Xiangkhoang Plateau in Laos, but who made them, and why?

In a new Apostolic Letter commemorating the centenary of the foundation of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, ...

For over a century, scholars debated whether the cones depicted on the heads of ancient Egyptians in tomb reliefs were ...

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

Archaeological evidence makes a compelling case for Neanderthal-created fires 400,000 years ago in Suffolk, UK — plus, how ...

In Brueil-en-Vexin, Yvelines, a centuries-old stone monument continues to intrigue hikers and curious visitors alike. Dubbed ...

Based on a comprehensive study, researchers are now convinced the shafts were human-made, likely dug during the Late ...