The suggestion that ancient Greeks reached America before Columbus may seem far-fetched, but certain researchers think ...

Discover fascinating ancient myths and legends – from lost cities to warrior women – that archaeologists and scientists have now proven were rooted in real events.

A small fossil reveals that the largest freshwater fish, Otophysans, emerged in the sea, not in rivers, changing the ...

And it’s truly black.” A hidden artery running through East Asia, the Kuro­shio has shaped life along its path for millennia.

There is also a dance studio, complete with a wood floor and large mirrors. Here scientists record the movements of human ...

Along the way, ideas emerged in various ways. Some grew out of unintentional bugs, including one that allowed players to die ...

Today in History for Dec. 26: In 1776, the British suffered a major defeat in the "Battle of Trenton" during the Revolutionary War.

French marine archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery off the coast of Brittany - a massive underwater wall dating to approximately 5000 BC that predates the famous megalithic monuments of ...

Seven thousand years ago, people living on the Atlantic edge of Europe built a massive wall of stone where land met water.

Underwater archaeologists announced Monday they had discovered the 2,000-year-old wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast of Alexandria. Divers found the vessel's hull, which was more ...

Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria’s eastern harbour, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a ...

A new discovery at an English farm may offer insight into the histories of two monumental creations. Amateur archaeologists discovered a burial from the Bronze Age, but may have also uncovered a henge ...