A mysterious ancient artifact discovered in the Americas is reigniting debate among historians and archaeologists about whether the Old World may have reached the New World long before Christopher ...

Humans and our ancestors have been creating tools, art, and everyday objects for millions of years, and each unexpected discovery teaches us something new about the development of our species. Relics ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While Christianity was still a nascent religion, rituals—some of which were regional variations that are ...

Egyptian archaeologists recently uncovered a massive statue believed to depict King Ramses II, the pharaoh often linked to ...

Sight unseen, sifting through a foot of sediment, his fingertips suddenly danced across the flaked edges of countless stone ...

Archaeologists in Central Europe have uncovered more than 1,000 ancient artifacts ahead of railway construction, including a ...