The recent unearthing of an ancient city submerged near the Mediterranean coast has stirred excitement and curiosity among archaeologists and history enthusiasts alike. The discovery offers a unique ...

A Spelunker Thought She Found Trash in a Cave. It Was Actually Evidence of a Lost Civilization. Explorations of a submerged passage in the Tlayococ cave in Mexico led to an undiscovered room. Within ...

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia discovered over 170 ancient rock engravings that may be among the earliest monumental artworks ...

The discovery of an ancient Tiwanaku temple in Bolivia is helping researchers paint a more complete picture of what the society once looked like. The Tiwanaku civilization was considered one of the ...

Even more exciting, they suggest that this writing records an early version of the Uto-Aztecan language family—a group of ...

The huge tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C. and 1350 B.C., is carved into the hillside on the ...

Stone tool analysis of sites in Southeast Asia provided evidence that the area was a technological leader in seafaring. Archaeology supports that 40,000 years ago, the people living in Southeast Asia ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. More than 1,500 years ago, an ancient Arab people built a Christian ...

A groundbreaking archaeological study has revealed the first and only known instance of systematic human bone modification in Neolithic China, challenging our understanding of ancient Chinese mortuary ...

The pottery piece that experts believe dates to the Early Bronze Age was likely both part of daily usage and held spiritual ...