This video showcases Tikal, one of the most important archaeological sites of the ancient Maya civilization, located deep ...

"The king, who 'saw the cities of many men and learned their mind' — to quote directly from Homer, is ultimately led to a ...

Photo provided to China Daily] Archaeologist Peng Xiaojun of the Institute of Archaeology under the Chinese Academy of Social ...

Among the highlights are a gold-masked bronze human head from Sanxingdui, dating to the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th ...

The Euphrates River fueled the "cradle of civilization," and a new study reveals the waterway was born of two other ancient ...

New research has revealed insight into the evolution of this influential waterway, which may have been created when two ...

Astronomers have struck "black gold" — a treasure trove of black hole mergers. And the discovery was made by analyzing ...

A new study argues the Indus Civilization may have been the most egalitarian society in the ancient world—but scholars are ...

A child's 4,000-year-old skull found in Uzbekistan has signs of trepanation, making it the oldest evidence of surgery in ...

From the Antikythera Mechanism to Roman concrete, these ancient inventions continue to surprise researchers today.1, 2, 3, 4 A 2,000-year-old analog computer ...

An international group of archaeologists utilizing satellite technology has uncovered 260 massive, 6,000 year old communal burial sites concealed throughout the scorching Atbai Desert of Eastern Sudan ...

Ancient texts reveal a pre-flood world of giants, advanced technology, and shared mythologies across cultures.