Dating back to the 7th century BC, it stretches over 13,000 miles across the Chinese landscape, snaking through rugged ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Greek archaeologists uncovered a grave of an ancient noblewoman buried with her golden jewelry on the island of Sikinos.

Archaeologists have just uncovered the first known funeral home from ancient Egypt. The complex included a mummification ...

That was the case recently when a remarkable discovery from the Copper Age was made during an otherwise routine dig for a new ...

Thirty feet under the surface of the cold, murky Baltic Sea, Brendan Foley spotted something unusual in the wreckage of an ...

Researchers from Curtin University have made a groundbreaking discovery after analyzing some of the most well-preserved ...

The ruins at Pamukkale are generally well preserved, but huge numbers of visitors threaten the integrity of the site, according to UNESCO. An area where tourists can swim between ancient columns ...

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“Tattoos are known to fade and bleed over time and this is compounded in mummies by the decay of the body, inhibiting the ... We find that the preserved skin fluoresced strongly underneath ...

They found two sets of what seem to be ancient wave ripples on the surface of Mars, now thought to be dried-up bodies of water with the ripples preserved in rock. The ripples are tiny undulations and ...

Historians have argued that similar helmets were worn by ancient warriors of many Greek city-states. The artifact going to auction is “a rare and exceptionally well-preserved bronze Greek helmet ...