A new study of a decades-old skull has sparked a discussion about human history's beginnings. Scientists have been astounded by...

South America was filled with ice age animals more than 12,000 years ago, including car-sized ground sloths, elephantine herbivores, and...

The Minoans were a significant Bronze Age civilization that flourished in Crete, Greece, around the second millennium B.C. They had...

The legend of King Tutankhamen's space blade — an iron weapon made from meteorite rock and entombed with the ancient...

Approximately 10,000 artifacts, including writing tablets and good luck charms, have been found. The area has been termed the "Pompeii...

Archaeologists found a plethora of stone tools and artifacts on the summit of Gav-Bast Mountain in southern Iran, north of...

The Babylonian Hanging Gardens ascended to the skies like a mountain. On the uppermost tier, the exotic plants grew luxuriant...

In Leicestershire, the fossilized bones of Britain's biggest ichthyosaur, sometimes known as a Sea Dragon, were discovered. The 30-foot skeleton...

Deep underground, trees communicate with one another. It's a concept that's still fresh to science, yet it's rooted in ancient...

Droughts cause water levels to drop, which is not a good thing. Droughts in southern Mexico, on the other hand,...