Archaeologists have long reconstructed past civilizations from broken pots, discarded tools and buried middens of everyday waste. If someone thousands of years from now digs through the layers we are ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

From the Minoan royal road to the Ridgeway, ancient roads still exist today showing how past civilizations built networks ...

Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site near El Paso offers exactly that kind of time-traveling adventure at a price that won’t make your credit card weep. This 860-acre natural wonderland sits just 32 ...

OP-ED. While major tech leaders claim to see Ancient Rome as a moral and political model, it is likely because the ...

For years, researchers have questioned who created the “band of holes” site in Peru. A new study suggests it was an ancient ...

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in modern-day Turkey, was an ornate memorial built for Carian ruler Mausolus and overseen by his sister-wife Artemesia II.

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

Independent researchers led by Michael Donnellan claim to have discovered ancient ruins on Spain's Salmedina Island that ...

Egypt reaffirms readiness to partner with Nigeria on heritage preservation as it unveils the world’s largest archaeological ...