Archaeologists discovered a trilobite fossil from millions of years ago in a Roman-era dump near what is now Galicia, Spain.

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They ...

In 1931, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old remains of a child, among other individuals, in Skhūl Cave on ...

The Maya ruler in question was Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of Caracol, an important Maya city that ruled the southern part ...

Pirates attacked the Portuguese warship, named the "Nossa Senhora do Cabo," and made off with many of the treasures the ship ...

In 1758, during the French and Indian War, the future president saved lives by stepping into the middle of a deadly skirmish ...

The identity of a 1700s vessel shipwrecked in Orkney has been uncovered by archaeologists. The ship discovered on the island ...

Now, two more pyramids have been uncovered in a Dezydery Chłapowski Landscape Park by researchers from Adam Mickiewicz University. The structures, built of earth and stone, were first found using a ...

A schoolboy’s chance discovery of the ribs of a wooden ship poking through the dunes of a remote Scottish beach sparked an extensive hunt by archaeologists, scientists, and local historians. Their ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a rare 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb that somehow escaped looters over the centuries.