Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The burial itself was discovered in 2018, but experts only just found the remnants of the deceased’s funeral celebration.

The project includes the UNESCO heritage site Göbeklitepe – "Potbelly Hill" in Turkish – which is home to the oldest known ...

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the last 50 years – from secret Maya pyramids and fascinating fossils to ...

On the windswept hills overlooking Turkey's vast southeastern plains, new archaeological discoveries are revealing how life ...

A team of archaeologists was looking for the ruins of Derrygonnelly Castle in County Fermanagh, Ireland. “They had initially been searching for the ruins of 400-year-old Derrygonnelly Castle in ...

From ancient cities buried beneath the sands to mummies revealing new secrets, 2021 brought a wave of remarkable archaeological discoveries. This roundup highlights the most groundbreaking finds—from ...

No matter how much we dig, it seems there's always something new to discover. Quite literally. Each fascinating find brings ...

A previously unknown medieval castle has emerged from the Swiss landscape after a researcher studying high-resolution terrain maps identified telltale features of an early fortification near ...