Earth's earliest life left behind very few chemical traces. Fragile remains, like ancient cells and microbial mats, were ...

Researchers have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved ancient relic in Japan, dating back over 10,000 years.

A series of severe, decades-long droughts ushered the end of the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest ...

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 ...

Oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre dies at 111 A nasty, hard-to-kill virus is spreading across the country ahead of ...

A 3,000-year-old map found at The British Museum could lead us to the real resting place of Noah’s Ark, with clues hidden in ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

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

It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its ...

A machine-learning breakthrough could lift the veil on Earth’s early history—and supercharge the search for alien life ...

Found near the ancient city of Armageddon alongside a winepress and a temple figurine, this 3,300-year-old teapot was likely used in votive rituals.

Tel Megiddo — aka “Armageddon” from the Book of Revelation — literally means “mountain of Megiddo” in Hebrew, and the digs ...