A remarkable discovery in Crete has reinvigorated debate over the origins behind the ancient Greek myth of the labyrinth.

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

The ancient Assyrians couldn’t exactly take to the phones like the IRS, making incessant calls demanding that loyal subjects ...

A volunteer metal detectorist discovered a 2,200-year-old Celtic gold coin in Germany. Found in a field in Saxony, the nearly ...

In just six months, researchers used artificial intelligence to double the number of known geoglyphs in southern Peru’s ...

Dozens of ancient tombs, which some claim corroborate part of the New Testament, have been discovered in a historic lost city ...

Is it the long-faded colors of ancient artifacts from all around the world or the hushed sounds of visitors discussing what ...

The exceptional find emerged during the fifth consecutive season of excavations at this Roman outpost, which lies north of Hadrian's Wall, reports the BBC. Volunteer Barry Mead discovered the precious ...

Archaeological excavation in Benin City, Nigeria, ahead of the construction of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has ...

The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...