Advances in technology and other newly accessible sources have greatly expanded researchers’ ability to locate ancient roadways.

Beneath the pyramids lies evidence of massive bedrock engineering, showing how ancient Egyptians shaped the Giza Plateau long ...

This video explores how ancient civilizations built things so advanced that even modern science cannot explain them. From ...

After the latest dig season, archaeologists announced a wealth of treasure surfaced from the popular tourist destination, ...

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

Scientists have uncovered clues to a 4,000-year-old mystery — the hidden logic behind where ancient Chinese built their tombs ...

History doesn’t have to be a dusty museum or a long list of dates, it can be a thrilling adventure that families actually ...

DNA analysis of 1,100 to 1,300-year-old dried human feces has provided insights into the pathogens that afflicted ancient Mexican people. The team led by Indiana University in the US analyzed ten ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his discovery of a nearly complete Australopithecus boisei skull (now Paranthropus ...

Ancient gravestone Santoro had found the unusual marble tablet beneath the undergrowth in the backyard of her "shotgun" house in the city's historic Carrollton neighborhood. The stone is about 12 ...