A routine sponge diving trip near Antikythera in 1900 led to the discovery of an ancient shipwreck. Among its treasures were ...

A remarkable discovery in the jungles of Mexico reveals the long-lost city of the Lacandon Maya—Sak-Bahlán, known as the 'land of the white jaguar.' Thanks to a 327-year-old letter and advanced route ...

Rising abruptly from the lush, untamed jungles of southeastern Venezuela, Mount Roraima is a geological behemoth that defies ...

Researchers in Japan traced a hidden medieval solar storm using ancient tree rings and centuries-old sky observations. The team linked reports of eerie red auroras with spikes of carbon-14 trapped in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Even in the ancient world, technology had limits—but sarcasm did not. Greek warriors wielded swords and spears, yet their slingshots offered a ...

The remains of a furnace used for heat-treating stone tools at the Xinmiaozhuang site Photo: Screenshot of a report released ...

Discovered in the Pictor II dwarf galaxy, star PicII-503 has an extreme deficiency in iron—less than 1/40,000th of the sun. This signature makes it the clearest example of a star within a primordial ...

A sealed vessel buried for thousands of years has opened a new window into ancient history. According to Fox News, archaeologists working in Egypt have uncovered a collection of rare papyrus scrolls, ...