Te K’ab Chaak was the first dynastic leader of the Maya region of Caracol. Even after the king died, his dynasty last another 460 years.

A recent archaeological dig in western Germany revealed a Roman-era settlement with 750 artifacts, including a unique burial ...

Along the Menominee River, on the border between Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula, archaeologists have discovered what they ...

The new findings, published in Nature in June, are the first genetic proof that such a society existed in Neolithic China ...

Researchers in Poland have discovered two ancient tombs, known as the Polish pyramids, dating back over 5,500 years.

A high-profile delegation of Nigerian political figures and dignitaries has begun arriving in Daura, the hometown of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, as preparations for his final burial ...

Black eye makeup, or kohl, used between the 9th and 7th centuries BCE in the northwest of Iran contained natural graphite and ...

At the Roc de les Orenetes site, a burial cavity located in the Pyrenees of Girona (northeast Spain), a fragment of human rib ...

Almost 550 years after his death, a mysterious discovery in an ancient tomb may finally reveal where the cruel count who ...

Constructed pyramids have long been thought of as one of the peaks of human engineering. Despite the structures standing for thousands of years, archaeologists are still working to learn how the ...

Actor Josh Gad opens up about his family’s screen-free travel habits, and how he inspires his daughters to fall in love with reading.

The team recovered protein fragments from teeth found at multiple sites across Turkana, ranging in age from 1.5 to 18 million ...