Five hundred years ago the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map appeared in Christopher ...

A new study of ancient dog DNA shows that people and dogs traveled together across Eurasia for at least 10,000 years.

A team of archaeologists led by James Kennett from the University of Oregon has discovered a widespread “black mat” layer in North American soil, which they believe is evidence of a catastrophic event ...

For early Europeans, the mythical horned horse was real, and so was unicorn medicine. It turns out, however, that unicorns weren't horses, they were whales.

Egypt recovered 36 ancient artifacts from the United States, authorities announced on Thursday, in the latest effort to reclaim its ancient heritage as tens of thousands of antiquities are believed to ...

Ritual artifacts belonging to the Canaanites, an ancient people referenced in the Old Testament, were recently found in Israel — along with a 5,000-year-old winepress. The Israel Antiquities Authority ...

Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.

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

The 3,500-year-old artifact, likely stolen from Egypt during the Arab Spring in 2011 or 2012, was found at an elite European art fair in Maastricht. By Jenny Gross Reporting from London Prime Minister ...

Approximately 400,000 years ago, some areas of Greenland that are now covered by a thick layer of ice were exposed to fresh ...

Archaeologists in Ohio are uncovering hidden pieces of early American history beneath the charred floorboards of a historic tavern. The excavation is part of recovery efforts at the Overfield Tavern ...

Nov. 3 (UPI) --The Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt, three years after the head turned up at an art fair and exhibition in Maastricht, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said.