In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

The ancient site of Eirenopolis revealed five carbonized bread loaves, one of which had an image of Jesus Christ and a Greek ...

A portion of an ancient human skull was discovered earlier this year along a riverbank in rural Indiana, local officials ...

The founding of Hampden-Sydney College during a revolution was partly a coincidence, but the founders were also anti-royalist — so much so that they named the school after two Englishmen who lost ...

While digging for worms near a house in Sweden, a homeowner uncovered something much larger and much more significant. Archaeologists identified the finds as a collection of thousands of silver ...

Grave goods buried with the dead, such as jewelry and weapons, could be relics of paganism that remained as Christianity rose ...

Archaeologists in northern China have unearthed a centuries-old tomb decorated with stunning murals portraying daily life ...

You're always walking on a place where someone's been buried. And, I think, you know, some people get a little bit scared ...

From thunder gods to serpent slayers, scholars are reconstructing myths that vanished millennia ago. How much further can we ...

Carbonized plant seeds unearthed from the Xiaogao site in Zibo, Shandong Province Photos: sdu.edu.cn ...

A family cleaning their backyard in New Orleans discovered an unusual marble tablet with some characters in Latin.

A Byzantine treasure containing 97 gold coins and jewels has been discovered, revealing the wealth and crisis of the 7th century.