archaeology
Scientists Are Investigating Signs of Ancient Human Civilization Underwater
An underwater "Stonehenge" stretches for miles under a lake in Europe. "I think it was something with a cultic context," one researcher theorized.
Archaeologists Discover Vast ‘Miracle’ Tunnel Under Egyptian Temple Ruin
The tunnel under a temple to the god of the underworld is a "miracle" of geometry, archaeologists said.
Archeologists Discover Huge Stone Penis in Ancient Roman Ruins
The hefty phallus is 17 inches long and may be the biggest example from ancient Rome ever discovered.
Scientists Think They've Found a Huge Goddess-Worshiping Lost City In Iraq
The ancient lost city of Natounia is only known to exist from references on ancient coins, and archaeologists have identified its likely location.
Head of Hercules Discovered in Ancient Antikythera Mechanism Shipwreck
Tantalizing finds are emerging from the shipwreck that carried the Antikythera Mechanism, the world’s oldest analog computer.
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Tomb Marker Cursing All Who Enter In Israel
A man buried 1,800 years ago in Israel had a blood-red threat scrawled on his tomb.
Underwater Ruins of Ancient Lost City Emerge Due to Extreme Drought
Archaeologists rushed to excavate the ruins of a 3,400-year-old city in Iraq that briefly emerged above the water of a drained reservoir.
‘Mind-Blowing’ Lost City With a Cosmic Link Discovered in the Amazon
A sprawling society with pyramids, moats, and “forest islands” thrived from 500 to 1400 A.D. in the Bolivian Amazon.
Archaeologists Discover Dozens of Mysterious Giant Stone Jars in India
The giant jars were made by unknown people for a mysterious purpose, and the new find adds four new jar sites to our knowledge, for a total of 11.
Government Scientists to Scan Great Pyramid With Cosmic Rays to Find Secrets
Individual artifacts might be detectable with an advanced telescope that captures particles made in outer space.
The Secret to This Ancient City’s Success Was Collectivism, Study Says
Monte Albán thrived as an ancient collectivist society and died out when extremes in wealth and power developed, according to archaeologists.
Scientist Reveals How Stonehenge Likely Worked At Long Last
An archaeologist proposes that the monument is “a simple and elegant perpetual calendar” in a new study.