A tomb that was recently discovered in Egypt may have been the final resting place for a prince that lived 4,000 years ago - and it was hidden behind a huge granite door ...

A mummy in Egypt has yielded a shocking discovery: the DNA of the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis—thousands of years before ...

It's been 226 years since researchers unearthed a priceless ancient artifact that helped to reveal the secrets of a lost ...

Archaeologists in Poland discovered 5,500-year-old tombs dubbed “Polish pyramids.” The oversized graves feature earthen ...

An ancient, 4,000-year-old tomb has been discovered in Egypt by archaeologists and has shed light on a ruler from four millennia ago. The discovery has captured the imaginations of Egyptians, ...

From a science museum in the Grand Palais to the long-awaited opening of the Studio Museum, here're the new museums opening ...

Black eye makeup, or kohl, used between the 9th and 7th centuries BCE in the northwest of Iran contained natural graphite and ...

A massive 5,000-year-old tomb has been uncovered in central China, revealing a trove of ancient artifacts and raising new questions about early civilizations ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known evidence of rice in Remote Oceania. The 3,500-year-old remains were ...

A team of archaeologists has managed to reconstruct the history of a dwelling over 2,500 years old at the Cerro de San Vicente site (Salamanca, Spain), revealing details about how its inhabitants ...