Every once in a while, archaeologists pull something out of the ground that makes us rethink what we thought we knew about ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The French Navy says finding 16th century cargo on the Mediterranean seabed offers a unique research opportunity.

In the rolling hills of central Italy, about 43 miles northwest of Rome, a team of archaeologists led by Baylor University's ...

The burial itself was discovered in 2018, but experts only just found the remnants of the deceased’s funeral celebration.

Humans have been modifying their skull shapes since prehistory, but the discovery of a cube-shaped skull has researchers ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the last 50 years – from secret Maya pyramids and fascinating fossils to ...

Dig It!, a hub for Scottish archaeology coordinated by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, has compiled their annual list ...

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.

Two major Chinese archaeological projects exploring early civilization development have been selected for the major field ...

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 ...

Twenty-two archaeological excavation and research projects were honored at the sixth Shanghai Archaeology Forum, jointly ...