For decades, a sealed basement room sat untouched beneath an unremarkable building, its existence known to only a few and its ...

The student-teacher relationship between Alexander the Great and the philosopher Aristotle is a well-known chapter in the ...

Researchers have discovered two dozen ancient constructions hidden beneath the canopy in the Amazon rainforest basin. The constructions are earthworks built in the pre-Columbian era—meaning prior to ...

A team of archaeologists has uncovered a hidden tomb containing the remains of 12 ancient skeletons beneath an iconic building known as "The Treasury" in Petra, Jordan. The discovery, captured during ...

Deep beneath Egypt’s catacombs lie massive alabaster boxes carved with precision that defies the tools of their time. No ...

Archaeologists located an ancient Egyptian temple slotted into a cliff face. The site—likely dedicated to a lion-headed fertility goddess known as Repit—once featured a striking entrance. While much ...

A top travel destination has uncovered an ancient secret. A little-known network of subterranean passageways hidden beneath Rome’s Capitoline Hill — holding clues to a long-ago chapter of the Eternal ...

Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

Astrophysicists shed light on the relationship between the Milky Way and the Egyptian sky-goddess Nut. The paper draws on ancient Egyptian texts and simulations to argue that the Milky Way might have ...

Analysis of ancient proteins preserved in fossilized tooth enamel reveals insights into the elusive nature of Paranthropus robustus, researchers report. The findings, which challenge long-held ...