In July 1860, the Clotilda—the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States—landed in Mobile, Alabama. The wooden ...

Watching an American icon like Indiana Jones battle Nazis in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” it’s hard to believe that it was ...

An expert believes that he has rediscovered the lost Byzantine settlement of Tharais in southern Jordan. Archaeologist ...

In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia.

Archaeologists working at the necropolis of San Giuliano in Italy found a 2,600-year-old tomb untouched by looters, photos ...

The thousands of fragments once formed an enormous fresco that decorated around 20 walls in a building in central London.

Researchers determined that a skull of a female child from Skhūl Cave in Israel shows both Homo sapiens and Neanderthal ...

Divers have spent decades exploring Greece's ancient Antikythera wreck. The latest expedition found relics and retrieved ...

While somber, their remains and burial goods are helping experts better understand class, gender, and parenting dynamics of late Neolithic society known as the Corded Ware Culture. The discoveries are ...

Glenn Manning was only on his second metal detecting search ever when his machine pinged on two Roman-era swords in the ...

Fort Laurens State Memorial, 11067 Fort Laurens Road, Bolivar, is sponsoring a series of Public Archaeology Days during the upcoming months. The free public event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July ...

What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of "pop-science ...