Fabio Portella, a professional diver who has worked with marine archaeologists for years, was surveying the seabed near Fontane Bianche when he found two artifacts, Sicily’s Superintendence of the Sea ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient Buddha statue at a North Korean site, which is about a thousand years old. Researchers ...

The discovery at the Maya site of Ucanal in Guatemala “marked a public dismantling of an old regime”—a rather pivotal moment ...

Most of us have skeletons in our closets, but they can also lurk in much less familiar places. Literally.

During an excavation at a site believed to date back to the Greek-era near Alexandria, archaeologists uncovered a stunning ...

Wealth inequality began over 10,000 years ago, gradually increasing after the advent of agriculture due to population growth ...

The remains of a Late Bronze Age settlement "of considerable significance" were uncovered during the development of a new ...

On a riverside in eastern Austria sat a mysterious set of ruins. Some believed it to be an abandoned, run-down castle. Others ...

Dimas once again guided the archaeologists into the cave and down into the hidden room, where the experts noticed the stalagmites had been retouched in pre-Hispanic times, making them a more rounded ...

Discoveries in the archaeological record have sparked debate about how we should define art. Some researchers argue that art ...

Rock art, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil. ITATIAIA NATIONAL PARK, BRAZIL––Agência Brasil reports that ancient paintings were recently located in a cave in Itatiaia National P ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...