The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas — An archaeological site in the Big Bend region of West Texas unveiled a trove of ancient weapons, making it “potentially the oldest example of an intact full weapon system in ...

(Related: Rediscovering China’s ancient Tea Horse Road, a branch of the famous Silk Road.) Nuodeng, a former Tea Horse Trail town, has some of the best-preserved examples of traditional Bai ...

Archaeologists excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ancient church in Jerusalem situated where Jesus Christ was crucified and buried, recently found evidence of ancient olive trees and ...

An ancient civilization on Mars was wiped out by a nuclear attack from another alien race. It might sound like the plot of a science fiction novel, but Harvard scientist Dr John Brandenburg ...

A mysterious underwater structure off the coast of Japan has some experts wondering if we've seriously underestimated ancient civilizations. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, 82 feet (24.99 meters) ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics influence the trajectory and speed of the plates as they plunge deep into ...

The state hasn’t kept track, so now lawmakers want to create a database with maps of where those ancient ponds are located. It’s the first step in restoring a key component of native food ...

Ancient beliefs, behaviors and norms—what archaeologists call culture—were fundamentally integrated into technological solutions in this part of Peru in ancient times. Isolating and removing ...

This World Quest will activate when you reach the new map, Ancient Sacred Mountain. As you progress through The Frozen, Rekindling quest, you will unlock a few teleport waypoints and light up the ...

A team of Egyptian and French archaeologists have discovered ancient artefacts dating back to a school known as the 'House of Life. The group were excavating an area near the Ramesseum Temple in ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity. The excavation ...