Some of the ancient history underneath Jerusalem is easily accessible.

In fact, the oldest known iron artifacts, a set of 5,000-year-old beads from Northern Egypt, were made from meteoric iron.

Known as the Treasure of Villena, this horde of brilliant golden treasure from prehistoric Spain reveals ancient metalworking ...

Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to archaeologists, a fortune teller would carve a question into the bone with ...

Major discoveries, from ancient tombs to submerged cities, reveal the incredible advancements of Greek civilization.

Making the jump from using symbols to writing is considered a major development in human cognitive abilities. Tracing how and ...

The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...

A team of archaeologists from LSU and the University of Texas at Tyler have excavated the earliest known ancient Maya salt ...

The team was led by LSU Alumni Professor Heather McKillop, who first discovered wooden buildings preserved there below the ...

As part of their survey, researchers examined declassified U.S. spy satellite imagery from the 1970s, which is now in the public domain, and compared the visual data to modern-day photography and ...

Elvis had a pompadour. Now the Graceland Exhibition Center has "Pompeii." A collection of close to 170 artifacts excavated ...

Photo from Zaidner and Kurbanov (2024) At Soii Havzak, archaeologists found over 500 artifacts, primarily stone items, such ...