Pamukkale in Turkey looks like a snowy paradise but its hot springs have been a geothermal tourist attraction for millennia, ...

Construction work and related archaeological endeavors in the German Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt has revealed the foundations of a Roman tumulus, or burial mound. Structures like these are ...

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

The Netherlands has announced on Sunday 2 November its decision to return a 3,500-year-old stone bust to Egypt, a significant artifact from the reign of Pharaoh Thutmose III. This announcement wa ...

The Netherlands has said it will return a stolen 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt. It is “highly likely” the stone head, ...

Archaeologists recently discovered a massive 2,000-year-old stone basin in ancient Gabii, Italy, revealing early Roman public architecture from Rome's powerful rival city.

The genetic link between bones discovered thousands of miles away from each other suggests a prehistoric migration route.

Two chunks of ocher unearthed at ancient rock shelters in Ukraine were actually Neanderthal crayons, according to a recent ...

After innumerable interruptions, delays and setbacks, the world’s largest museum dedicated to a single civilization comes to ...

The Great Blue Hole is the largest sea hole in the world and is in the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll near the ...

The hotly anticipated new museum boasts some of the greatest treasures of antiquity. But there are some notable exceptions.

Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...