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 ...

A planned explosion will take place at a house in Utah following the discovery of "ancient" dynamite in the property. Officials from the local Health Department and Environmental Protection Agency ...

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 ...

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 ...

Desperate to make the torrential rains stop, the Chimú people of Peru offered up their most precious resource to the gods: their future. The hoofprints of young llamas are preserved in a deep ...

Located about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of modern-day Mexico City, Teotihuacan was one of the largest urban centers in the ancient world. No one knows who built it. The city flourished ...

An archaeological find revealed in eastern France offers a never-seen-before mix of enclosures. The site was in use across at least three distinct time periods. Linked in part to burials ...

In the shadow of Mount Vesuvius lies Pompeii, an ancient city that has captured the world’s imagination since excavations began in the 18th century. This site continues to yield astonishing ...

Bhaskar, M. V. 2022. Indus zoomorphism and its avatars. Indian Journal of History of Science, Vol. 57, Issue. 3, p. 175. Ameri, Marta 2022. Who Holds the Keys ...

(CNN) — From a speck of bone, scientists can tease out astonishing information about the past. Analysis of ancient DNA recovered from human remains has illuminated the traits and ancestry of his ...