A researcher claims the Great Pyramids may predate ancient Egypt and could be the work of a lost civilization with advanced engineering.

Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The ...

Researchers have discovered signs of a Paleolithic writing precursor in ancient tools and sculptures dating back 40,000 years ...

Clues scattered across Giza's three iconic pyramids have suggested that the shocking truth is that they may not have been built by the ancient Egyptians.

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient temple in Nepal, offering new evidence of sites linked to Buddha’s life and early ...

While hiking deep in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, explorers stumbled upon bizarre, ancient-looking rock formations—with no clear origin or explanation. Were they built by early settlers, ...

New research suggests these markings, while not a written language, display properties akin to an early script that emerged ...

BEIJING -- Scientists have harnessed ancient DNA to reconstruct the intricate social structure of one of China's earliest cities, revealing a genetically diverse society anchored in the authority of ...

The most exciting find was a rare stone staircase from the late 1st century. Roman staircases are rarely found intact, so ...

At first blush, the structures in New Mexico built by the Chacoan people and those in Ohio traced to the Hopewell culture bear little resemblance. The ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 476,000-year-old wooden structure near Kalambo Falls in Zambia, making it the oldest known timber construction on Earth. The discovery predates Homo sapiens and ...

The blocks weighed dozens of tons each and consisted of upright pillars and crossbeams that once formed the entrance to the ...