Easter Island's iconic moai statues have long puzzled the world, but new research hints at a surprising twist in their ...

State archaeologists and geologists are working together to solve a more than 10,000-year-old mystery at the Piney Grove archaeological site near Reisterstown, building on discoveries first made in ...

Peru's Ministry of Culture has confirmed a groundbreaking discovery that rewrites the history of ancient astronomy in the Americas. Archaeologists working at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex ...

An “extraordinary discovery” has been made at one of Orkney’s most stunning Neolithic sites, which could completely rewrite the history and timeline of the site.

Archaeologists are to resume digging at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney after 3D radar technology discovered an "extraordinary" ...

A newly surveyed Bronze Age city shows unexpected urban planning and bronze production in the steppe. Archaeologists have ...

Researchers from the Museum of London Archaeology are excavating sites around the Palace of Westminster ahead of renovations.

Mysuru: Ten historic cannonballs, believed to be from the era of Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan, were unearthed during civil work ...

The passage of time and improvements in technology mean that things that were thought to be immutable become a reality and, ...

Construction crews sometimes expect to hit old pipes or forgotten foundations, not the footprint of a lost town that has been buried for nearly two millennia. When a worksite suddenly exposes streets, ...

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

OTSU—A nearly intact pottery vessel believed to be over 10,000 years old was discovered near the Tsuzuraozaki underwater ...