An archaeologically rich area of England’s Cotswold region yielded another find during a highway construction project. Some of the over 10,000 artifacts located date back more than 12,000 years ...

Last summer, marked by deadly extreme heat and devastating wildfires, was the warmest in at least 2,000 years, according to new research, which analyzed weather data and tree rings to reconstruct ...

Swedish archaeologists recently uncovered a 12th century grave during an archaeological dig – and found buried treasure along with it. The Jönköping County Museum announced the find in a Mar ...

Technology continues to reveal new details written on parchment burned by the Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE. By Andrew Paul | Published Apr 24, 2024 2:56 PM EDT New imaging tools uncovered text ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Primarily known from the accounts of their Byzantine ...

Researchers used AI to decipher an ancient papyrus that includes details about where Greek philosopher is buried. Like Pompeii, Herculaneum was destroyed in A.D. 79 when Mount Vesuvius erupted ...

The walls had unique shapes, suggesting they weren’t part of a larger settlement, researchers said. Fabián Gutiérrez Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia The Mayans set themselves ...

It's not known who was buried in the tomb, but one expert says it was probably the Chu state ruler. A 2,200-year-old ornate tomb in eastern China may belong to the ruler of the Chu state, one of ...

Michael Eisenstein is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Most people know about the Huns, if only because of their infamous warrior-ruler Attila. But the Avars, another ...

The roughly 600-acre Park of the Aqueducts has few signs, maps or directions. Romans come here to jog and walk their dogs. The few tourists wander through a bucolic landscape — green, tranquil ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery is shedding a new light on one of history’s biggest enigmas – the collapse of central America’s ancient Maya civilisation. This new discovery – the ...

These rocks offer evidence that Earth had a strong magnetic field 3.7 billion years ago, but scientists aren't sure where that field could've come from. A 3.7-billion-year-old record of our planet ...