Archaeologists excavating in southwestern France have uncovered one of the most remarkable Roman burial discoveries in recent decades - a richly furnished funeral pyre containing gold treasures, ...

Ancient genetic data from central Argentina reveal a previously unknown human population that endured there for millennia.

Newly identified bones tie the mysterious Burtele foot to a new Australopithecus species that lived alongside Lucy more than ...

Mythology, folklore and even the Bible tell us that giants once roamed the Earth. And, it turns out, there’s evidence to back ...

In a remote floodplain of Brazil’s Amazonas state, a massive tree fell—and with it, a long-buried layer of Indigenous history ...

The island of Flores has guarded one of science’s greatest mysteries: could it be that the Flores man did not actually die out completely?

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress.

Archaeologists in Georgia have uncovered an ancient tablet etched with mysterious symbols that defy any known language, ...

Hunter-gatherers at Poverty Point may have built its massive earthworks not under the command of chiefs, but as part of a ...

Archaeologist Professor John Schofield from the University of York argues that plastic’s refusal to die might actually be an ...

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

A Rutgers researcher and collaborators have linked unusual geological anomalies to Earth’s molten origins and its unique habitability. For many years, researchers have struggled to understand two ...