A development project on a North Carolina intercoastal waterway was paused when construction crews found bones. A subsequent ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a long-lost medieval village, thanks to pre-construction excavations for an ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." An estimated 90 percent of human Amazonian history is lost within the jungle itself. A new discovery has ...

A lost ancient city famed for its pearls may have finally been identified by archaeologists. A team of researchers working on Siniyah Island off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ...

The name of this place means “the town or city of Judah,” and it belonged to the Babylonian Empire. Its existence is known ...

Waššukanni has never been found and some scholars think that it may be located in northeastern Syria. The people who lived in ...

Can you dig it? Archeologists in Spain have recently uncovered an ancient rock slab with an alphabet inscribed that predates the Rosetta Stone by roughly 400 years. The discovery in southwest Spain is ...

Straight out of an Indiana Jones movie, National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin is on a mission to unlock the secrets of lost cities from ancient civilizations. From the remote cave systems of Oman to ...

Cutting-edge LiDAR technology has revealed an astonishing secret concealed beneath the dense jungle canopy of Ecuador's Andean Chocó: hundreds of pre-Hispanic structures that dramatically expand our ...