Astronomers say a recently-discovered asteroid nearly landed on Earth, and that it could have caused serious damage if it ...

Among the many mysteries surrounding the ancient Mexican metropolis of Teotihuacan, one has been especially hard to crack: how did its residents use the many signs and symbols found on its murals and ...

A sweeping new geoarchaeological study has revealed how Egypt’s famed Karnak Temple complex rose from an island amid Nile ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Republic of Iraq teamed up on research into an ancient sculpture using the lost wax ...

Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and can tell us a lot more about our ancestors than ...

A mapping expedition in the Tlayócoc cave in Mexico led a professional cave explorer to a hidden chamber containing shocking ...

Christophe Helmke and Magnus Pharao Hansen have taken the first steps toward solving a major archaeological mystery ...

Scientists believe signs of an ancient hidden language may explain the mysterious disappearance of the people who built ...

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