In modern Iraq, the ruins of ancient Babylon have witnessed epochs of historic turmoil. They now face an uncertain future, ...

Today the pyramids at Giza seem at home in their sandy surroundings, but, when they were first completed, they would have ...

Archaeologists in Israel recently uncovered an "impressive" 1,600-year-old Samaritan estate in Kafr Qasim, featuring a ...

The first amber deposits in South America containing preserved insects have been discovered in a quarry in Ecuador, reports a ...

Polish metal detecting group Denar Kalisz discovered medieval coin-filled pots and a 222-gram Roman gold necklace during their summer treasure hunting expedition.

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken landscape near the ruins of Taposiris Magna.

New research reveals how ancient Greeks picked their names, showing social pressure played a major role in naming traditions.

Potential signs of microbial life were found in a rock sample collected by the rover in 2024 from an ancient dry riverbed on ...

The U.K.'s largest military ceremony for a visiting foreign leader in living memory brought out the full weight of Britain’s ...

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient ...

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars may have potentially been ...