From Japan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s Out of Eden Walk marks 12 years, with North America on the horizon.

Babylonian kings routinely sacrificed royal stand-ins to avoid eclipse prophecies. From the museum's collection of 130,000 ...

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In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable ...

In the ruins of Shivta, an ancient and small Byzantine village located in the arid Negev Desert, researchers discovered a ...

The process requires a bit of imagination: students are digging in miniature with long sundae spoons, tea strainers, and tiny ...

Understanding the inner workings of our planet has always been a fascinating challenge for scientists. Now, a team of ...

Make your family travels more inspiring this year, with new itineraries based around conservation, archaeology, cycling and ...

Incoming Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune will commit to protecting the filibuster in his opening remarks, and he ...

While investigating the Ségognole 3 cave south of Paris, Scientists identified unique engravings that could be the oldest 3D ...

China’s famed terracotta warrior army is adding to its ranks. Archaeologists recently discovered yet another statue, this one ...

Archaeologists found 115,000-year-old human footprints where they shouldn't be—and they just might rewrite the history of ...