Every once in a while, archaeologists pull something out of the ground that makes us rethink what we thought we knew about ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...

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

Tucked along Whitehall Road in Athens, the University of Georgia’s Laboratory of Archaeology, is home to an abundance of ...

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...

For five short December days each year, sunlight pierces the heart of Newgrange, a 5,200-year-old tomb whose perfect ...

National Geographic Explorer Peter Campell provides an inside look at the early stages of a heritage crime investigation.

The volcanic eruption of Santorini rocked the Mediterranean and changed history. Crucial—and chilling—evidence from the ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

A cauldron, chariot parts, ornate jewelry: Precious objects found in the Melsonby Hoard are shedding new light into the rituals of Iron Age Britain. A copper alloy harness fitting with blue glass ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress. Archaeologists speculate that this recently found ancient Minoan ...