Mount Nemrut, Kami, Susa, Kuelap, and other sites reveal the power, trade networks, and sacred traditions of ancient capitals ...

This ancient rock fortress and former royal palace is one of Sri Lanka's most visited and best-known sites. Sigiriya is of great historical and archaeological significance.

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

A couple who have volunteered in numerous excavations over the years found a "highly revered" ancient artifact at a fort in ...

The U.S. is full of archaeological sites, "but in most cases you could be standing right on top of one and never know it," Elic Weitzel told Newsweek.

An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most ...

Sea-level rise has eroded beaches all over the Northwest. And some of these places include important archaeological sites.

Long before ships sailed the oceans or factories hunted whales for oil, humans living near the Bay of Biscay were already ...

Although two of the sites were excavated as far back as the 1990s, nobody at that stage realised that they represented a large and previously unknown ancient civilisation covering over 2000 square ...

Israeli archaeologists recently uncovered an ancient sarcophagus depicting a scene familiar to many today: a drinking game.

Historians recently unveiled their findings about an ancient purple dye factory located in modern-day Israel — revealing a glimpse into life during biblical times. In an article recently ...