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

A rediscovered skeleton found on Budapest’s Margaret Island has been confirmed as Duke Béla of Macsó, a descendant of Hungary’s Árpád and Rurik dynasties. An international team of Hungarian-led ...

Archaeologists and historians have long been stumped by an unsolved mystery concerning the well-inhabited islands of ...

A team of archaeologists from the University of Cincinnati, led by Eric Cline, has successfully deciphered a 3,200-year-old ...

In Peru’s mysterious Pisco Valley, thousands of perfectly aligned holes known as Monte Sierpe have long puzzled scientists.

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. A newly uncovered ...

Late 19th century drawings of the eagle and bull symbols published by French excavator Victor Place. (New York Public Library) Ancient symbols on a 2,700-year-old temple which have baffled experts for ...

The identities of a pharaoh and a nonroyal person in an "impossible" statue may have finally been deciphered. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southeastern France. For nearly a century, archaeologists have been perplexed by an enduring enigma: the conspicuous absence of cave paintings in the Levant, including ...

For archaeologists and historians, the "Pearl of the Balkans," Lake Ohrid, contains a mystery. The remnants of a long-forgotten village that had been submerged for more than 8,000 years have been ...

While filming the first episode of her show “Hidden Wonders”, TV personality Sandi Toksvig and Bournemouth University ...

'You can think of it as an off-planetary equivalent of excavating a pit.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Why take cake frosting ...