A newfound pottery sherd has cuneiform text from the Assyrian Empire asking the Kingdom of Judah about a late tribute payment ...

Locals called it the "Corral de Piedra" or the "Ciudad Antigua," the set of abandoned structures dotting a hillside in Guerrero, Mexico. The ruins were overgrown, yes, though not exactly hidden. Even ...

Cliff-rappelling scientists uncovered a crossbow bolt, part of a slingshot and 25 shoes in ancient vulture nesting sites ...

In Switzerland’s Jura Mountains, ancient limestone holds thousands of dinosaur footprints. A gravel route traces their path ...

Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way.

The Great Zimbabwe National Monument stands as one of southern Africa’s most iconic archaeological sites, a silent witness to a thriving African civilization that flourished between the 11th and 15th ...

Central Asia has been home to various cultures and empires, and many of their materials remains can still be seen. One of the most important in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan is the Burana Tower. This ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans family cleaning up their overgrown backyard made an extremely unusual find: Under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet with Latin characters that included the ...

Sprawled across much of the Arabian Peninsula, today’s Arabian Desert is known for brutal heat, dry, harsh winds and scarce water—hardly hospitable to human settlers unaided by air conditioning and a ...

In her humble home on the red soil of the Green Kalahari, 92-year-old Katrina Esau listened intently as her two great-grandchildren practised the ancient N|uu language of South Africa's indigenous San ...