The Great Pyramid at Giza has been studied for centuries, yet new scans of the 4,500-year-old monument suggest it may still ...

Beneath the tranquil surface of Grand Traverse Bay lies a secret far older than any shipwreck. Long known for calm waters and a proud seafaring past, the bay is now drawing attention for a prehistoric ...

A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society.

In Western Europe alone, there are 50,000 of them, with Stonehenge being the most famous. But ancient stone structures aren’t restricted to one continent–they’ve been discovered all over the globe.

The discovery of ancient bones carved into tubes in the mountains of Peru led researchers to conduct chemical analyses. Results of chemical and microscopic studies showed that the tubes contained ...

The Chachapoya remain one of the lesser known pre-Hispanic cultures of South America. This is partly down to geography. As suggested by their epithet “people of the cloud forest,” the Chachapoya ...

The mysterious alignments of standing stones scattered across Brittany in France have intrigued archaeologists and tourists alike for centuries. Now, fresh discoveries at the Le Plasker site near ...

An archaeologist is piecing together what the V-shaped stone structures—some stretching 500 feet long—were used for. Two chacu hunting traps are seen from the air. The V-shaped hunting traps were used ...