Oddly shaped conch shells found at Neolithic archaeological sites dating back 6,000 years could have served as technology for ...

Archaeologists are to resume digging at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney after 3D radar technology led to an "extraordinary ...

The area around Boeslunde had already yielded 10 gold oath rings and approximately 2,200 gold spirals in previous excavations. Museum director and archaeologist Lone Claudi-Hansen explained their ...

An “extraordinary discovery” has been made at one of Orkney’s most stunning Neolithic sites, which could completely rewrite ...

Sixteen dugout canoes, some older than Egypt’s pyramids, have been identified beneath a Wisconsin lake, turning a quiet ...

Ancient stone tools found on Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia, raises huge questions about early hominins ability to sail ...

The groundbreaking discovery points to the possibility of past life on Mars. A 3.5-billion-year old rock discovered on the Red Planet is "the closest we've come to discovering ancient life on Mars," ...

The civilization was known for sophisticated urban centers, ceremonial platforms, cliffside burial structures, and ...

A previously unknown medieval castle has emerged from the Swiss landscape after a researcher studying high-resolution terrain maps identified telltale features of an early fortification near ...

Along Turkey’s northwestern shoreline, where the Aegean Sea meets the olive-covered ridges of Anatolia, lies a quiet district called Ayvalık. Now it’s famous for its sun-kissed islands and seafront ...