Across the centuries, archaeology has uncovered incredible pieces of our shared past—from ancient cities and burial sites to long-lost writings and monuments. In this video, we highlight 20 of the ...

Nestled in Tangipahoa Parish like a vintage brooch in a jewelry box, this picturesque town has quietly become one of the South’s premier destinations for treasure hunters and nostalgia seekers.

Archaeologists have unearthed tombs and a shrine dedicated to Hercules from the time of the Roman Republic.

A 5500-year-old genome recovered from human skeletal remains in Colombia may give insights into the early evolution of ...

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

A young woman buried in China’s Tarim Basin some 2,000 years ago went to the afterlife accompanied by the height of fashion. The woman, who was wrapped in a felt blanket and buried in a coffin ...

Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

That makes Liang Metanduno the home of the oldest known artwork in the world, beating the previous contender (a Neanderthal ...

An ancient DNA analysis of a 5,500-year-old human skeleton reveals that an ancestor of the bacterium that causes syphilis was ...

A partial skeleton dating back more than two million years is the most complete yet of Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

The incredible number of shiny shell beads found in the Montelirio tomb reveals the power of an ancient female dynasty.