Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has changed color for the third time as it peeks out from behind the sun. The biggest, brightest ...

A new study reveals how ancient Egypt’s gold mining in Nubia fueled a profitable boom that powered the empire’s wealth.

Far from primitive, Neanderthals built shelters, used pigments, made jewelry, and mastered fire. Archaeological evidence ...

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Spotted from an airplane by remote sensing equipment, a vast and ancient Maya complex was hidden from view for millennia by ...

What scientists uncovered about its creators could upend everything we thought we knew about prehistoric life—and it’s ...

Archaeologists have made a discovery offering new insights into the political power and religious symbolism of the Maya Late ...

We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

New evidence from South China reveals how early humans adapted to environmental transformations during the Late Pleistocene.

New imaging tech is revealing hidden 5,000-year-old rock art at Finland’s Astuvansalmi site, transforming how ancient Nordic paintings are seen and preserved.

When the International Space Station plunges to its fiery doom in 2030 its loss to science will be incalculable, even if it ...