Archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be India’s largest known ancient stone labyrinth in Khadki shedding fresh light on Satavahana-era trade network linking Deccan to Roman world ...

Generations of monks once lived in this monastic complex, and by the fifth century, it was also a hub of Coptic art and ...

For decades, scientists have known that the Ontong Java Plateau, the world's largest oceanic plateau, was created by an ...

Hailed as the world's largest and most comprehensive presentation of ancient American civilizations, the exhibition showcases nearly 3,000 artifacts from Mexico and Peru. [Photo by Gao ...

Tooth fossils hint that size came before specialised feeding in early Asian mammals. The story of how mammals rose to prominence after the extinction that ended the age of dinosaurs is often told ...

Another notable feature is “Woodhenge,” a reconstructed circle of posts that aligns with the sun’s movement. Each year, Cahokia holds a free summer solstice event for observation. The UNESCO World ...

New telescopes are challenging the idea that the cosmic web fades into a uniform, directionless distribution. It may be closer to a tangled yarn than a misty fog.

If you have arachnophobia, consider this your opportunity to try exposure therapy: A new study suggests that 415 million years ago, in modern-day England and Wales, a scorpion the length of a golden ...

Many archaeologists believe the famed tower from the Book of Genesis may have had a real historical counterpart in ancient Mesopotamia. The Book of Genesis tells of an ancient city with a tower that ...

When construction crews started working on a storm overflow basin along the banks of the Main River in Aschaffenburg, Germany, experts were fairly certain they wouldn't find anything of archaeological ...

When most people think of ancient structures, their minds jump to towering pyramids, crumbling Greek temples, or the brooding stones of Stonehenge. Fair enough. Those are extraordinary. But here’s ...

A hidden crater in South Korea may hold clues to one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s history: the rise of oxygen. Scientists discovered fossil-like stromatolites — layered structures built by ...